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- Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the…
- Vengeous scowled. 'As you can see,' he said, 'you are vastly outnumbered.' I usually am.' Your situation has become quite untenable.' It usually does.' You…
- There’s no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in…
- Valkyrie, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your friend is most likely dead.†“Of course he’s dead. He’s a skeleton.
- If there is one regret that I have had in my life, it is that I never fathered any children. There are times, when I…
- Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as he nodded sadly…
- The rain battered the cottage. Valkyrie risked a look up at Skulduggery. “What is it?†she whispered. “It’s a box,†he whispered back. “What kind…
- We're not really intruding," he called down. "This is all a big misunderstanding." "Stop right there!" shouted one of them. Skulduggery held his hand to…
- You say one more thing that sounds like it's ripped from the pages of a really bad gothic romance and I'm out of here, are…
- I think zombies are kind of cute.†“Seriously?†“I may be thinking about bunnies. Which one has the fluffy little tail, zombies or bunnies?†“Bunnies. 
- You should have called us. Desmond would have picked you up.' 'No I wouldn't,' Valkyrie's dad said, stepping into earshot. 'Sorry, Fletcher, but I had…
- He crouched at the car window and looked in. 'What a lovely family you have. What a charming family. They're all lovely. Except for that…
- You're in a bad mood,' Skulduggery said. 'I understand. I do. You're saying things that you don't really mean. It's OK.' 'I'll kill you both.'…
- Valkyrie dialed Skulduggery's number and he picked up. 'Hey,' she said, 'It's me.' Skulduggery paused. 'No it's not. If it were me, then I'd be…
- He'd once known a man who said that life hinged on the moment, that everything changed in the blink of an eye. Tesseract knew the…
- How have you been? You’re still as beautiful as ever.†“As are you, my dear. I love your shoes.†“Aren’t they delightful? I saw them…
- Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hundred and first.
- Talking about one's feelings defeats the purpose of having those feelings. Once you try to put the human experience into words, it becomes little more…
- This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is." "Okay." Serpine raised an eyebrow. "Really?" "No, only joking. Do your worst.
- I should go in alone," Valkyrie said, speaking loudly to be heard. "If we both go in, it'll look to official." "So I'll just stay…
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