Skulduggery Pleasant Sentence Starters
we’re not retreating. we’re advancing in reverse.
i am sophisticated, charming, suave, and debonair, ___. but i have never claimed to be civilized.
doors are for people with no imagination.
i want a weapon you hold. you have a gun, __ has a sword… i want a stick.
i’ll buy you a stick for christmas.
that, my dear, __, is what we call a monster.
you don’t know what it is, do you?
i told you what it is. it’s a horrible monster. now shut up before it comes over here and eats us.
found something? no, sorry. i thought i had, but, no. it turned out to be uh… more floor.
a living skeleton isn’t enough for you, is it? what does it take to impress people these days?
your entire plan consisted of, and i quote, “let’s get up close and see what happens.”
are you kidding? i jumped off a building. of course i’m hurt.
only a heathen would bring a gun to a swordfight.
only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.
well, for future reference, this is my serious face.
cheer up. since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about?
you jumped off a building.
and the branches broke my fall. every one of them.
if you hear any screaming, that’ll be me.
it’s not that i want you to go. it’s just that i don’t want you to stay.
i’ll be sure to pass on the compliment when i’m hitting his face.
a little internal bleeding never hurt anyone.
subtraction’s overrated. it’s like adding, only backwards. you’re not ever going to need it.
but i don’t view you as an authority figure.
i could have died because you needed to tie your shoelace?
i don’t need to look clever. i am clever. the fact that i look clever is merely a bonus.