Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

by Derek Landy

the house smelled of age. Not musty exactly but … experienced.

Your path is your own, and I have no wish to sway you, but sometimes the greatest enemy we can face is ourselves, and the greatest battle is against the darkness within. There is a storm coming, and sometimes the key to safe harbour is hidden from us, and sometimes it is right before our eyes.’”

The world is bigger than you know and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.’”

I love you all, even those I don’t particularly like.

“That’s why I have a husband, so I don’t have to. Engines and shelves, that’s why man was invented.”

The name you’re born with, the name you’re given and the name you take.

“Dealing with you is going to be a trial, isn’t it?”

“I swear, Skulduggery, you either give me a straight answer or I’m finding the biggest dog you’ve ever seen and I’m going to make him dig a hole and bury you in it.”

“Well why can’t you say ‘make trouble’? Why do you always have to use these words that I don’t know?” “You should read more.” “I read enough. I should get out more.”

“Every solution to every problem is simple. It’s the distance between the two wherein the mystery lies.”

placing you under arrest for murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don’t know, possibly littering.”