“We're not robbing him," Skulduggery said." But I'm afraid I have some bad news."
"Is it Deacon?" Francine asked, her eyes wide.
"It is."
"Is he sick?"
"It's a little worse than that."
She gasped. "He's dying?"
"He was briefly dying," said Skulduggery. "Now he's dead.”
― Derek Landy, quote from The End of the World
“Valkyrie made a face. "Bloody vampires."
Ryan sat forward. "That was a vampire? That guy who looked like an accountant?"
"We don't talk about vampires," Skulduggery warned.
"But it was daytime. How could he have been out during the-"
"We don't talk about vampires!" Valkyrie said sharply.
Ryan shrunk back. "Sorry," he said.
"Don't worry about it," Skulduggery told him. "Valkyrie used to date a vampire that's all."
"We didn't date ," Valkyrie said immediately.
Skulduggery held a hand up. "I'm not judging."
Valkyrie scowled.”
― Derek Landy, quote from The End of the World
“The workshop door opened and Skulduggery emerged. "Ryan," he said, "stop leaning on my car.”
― Derek Landy, quote from The End of the World
“I’ve got good news and bad news for you, Ryan. The bad news is that you’re the only one in the world who can activate the Doomsday Machine, and Foe and his gang are never going to stop coming after you. The good news is that with myself and Valkyrie protecting you, you stand a very good chance of emerging from this relatively unscathed.”
Valkyrie looked at the back of Skulduggery’s head. “You said they’d probably try to cut his hand off.”
“I said relatively,” Skulduggery reminded her.”
― Derek Landy, quote from The End of the World
“He was so strong,” Francine sobbed. “So proud. So much dignity. How did he die?”
“Wood chipper,” said Valkyrie.”
― Derek Landy, quote from The End of the World
“Ryan, you're not real. You don't exist... You're Deacon Maybury," Skulduggery said. "You're a hiding place who thinks it's a boy.”
― Derek Landy, quote from The End of the World
Derek Landy
Born place: in Lusk, Ireland
Born date October 23, 1974
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“Unlike my mother, my father does not cry quietly. His wails roll out like a wave of pain, and I scramble to roll up my window. My mother cannot hear that. I cannot bear to hear it myself. I am not used to my father's crying. I've had no time to harden my heart against him.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Double Identity
“فالكوبوقراطية هى نحن ونحن صنعناها انها نتيجة عجز كل واحد منا عن الوقوف والاعتراض وعلينا فى ذات الوقت الانتباه لاولئك المتآمرين المختبئين فى الظلال فاغلبنا يعمل فى هذه البنوك او الشركات او الحكومات او يعتمد عليها بدرجة او اخرى مستهلكا بضائعها او مستفيدا بخدماتها هل يمكننا ان نعض يد السيد الذى يطعمنا
هذا هو الموقف الذى كنت اتامله وانا جالس احملق فى العناوين الرئيسية على شاشة الكومبيوتر مستحضرا عددا من الاسئلة .هل يمكنك ان تقف ضد نظام يظهر انه يمنحك البيت والسيارة والطعام والملابس والكهرباء والرعاية الصحية ؟ حتى اذا كنت تعرف ان ذلك النظام هو نفسه الذى يخلق عالما يموت فيه جوعا اربعة وعشرون الف شخص يوميا ويزداد يوميا عدد الملايين من البشر التى تكرهك بسببه او على الاقل يكرهون السياسات التى صنعها رجال انت انتخبتهم ؟ كيف تستجمع شجاعتك لتتجاوز الخطوطوتتحدى مفاهيم طالما قبلتها انت وجيرانك كحقائق مسلمة حتى حين تشك فى ان هذا النظام مستعد لتدمير نفسه ؟”
― John Perkins, quote from Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
“on that night you told me you were the author of my current existence.”
― Raymond E. Feist, quote from A Darkness At Sethanon
“I feel like a bird!” he cried. The words were hardly out of his mouth before he felt his paws slipping. For a heart-stopping moment he thought the wind would bowl him over to plummet down to the rocks below. The landscape whirled sickeningly around him. Then teeth fastened in his scruff and yanked him back to safety. He looked up to see Crowfeather. “Thanks,” he gasped. “Just remember you’re not a bird,” the WindClan cat growled.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Outcast
“Poor Cinderpaw’ll think she’s being stalked by toadstools,” Lionpaw mewed.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Eclipse
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