“The Skulduggery Pleasant” sentence starters
“Doors are for people with no imagination.”
“We’re not retreating, we’re advancing in reverse.”
“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.”
“I think I’m quite allergic to it.”
“I’m placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don’t know, possibly littering.”
“So that plan worked out well.”
“Your entire plan consisted of, and I quote, “Let’s get up close and then see what happens.”’
“I think the whole thing worked out rather beautifully.”
“You are vastly outnumbered.”
“Your situation has become quite untenable.‘“
“You are within moments of being swarmed by these filthy creatures of undeath and torn apart in a maelstrom of pain and fury.”
“Okay, that’s a new one on me.”
“I’ll buy you a stick for Christmas.”
“It’s not that I want you to go, it’s just that I don’t want you to stay.“
“There is no such thing as winning and losing.”
“There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for.”
“Until then, there is only the struggle, because tides do what tides do–they turn.”
“Are you kidding? I jumped off a building – of course I’m hurt.”
“Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?”
“If things go wrong, I’ll lead them away.”
“If you don’t see me in five minutes, then I’ve probably died a very brave and heroic death.”
“Oh and don’t– Oh, and don’t touch the radio–I’ve got it tuned right where I want it and I don’t want you messing that up.”
“Don’t be jealous of my genius.”
“Every solution to every problem is simple. It’s the distance between the two where the mystery lies.”
“I love you all, even those I don’t
particularly like.”
“Look, this is all very, very weird.”
“He could be a butterfly dreaming he’s a man.”
“I haven’t had a chance to do it nearly as much as I’d like.”
“You have no idea about presents or what they mean. The last
present you gave me was a stick.”
“So this is it? Is everyone here?”
“Aren’t you afraid it might get stolen? We’re not exactly in a good part of town.”
“It’s really not as bad as it sounds.”
“So this—What’s happening and what’s going to happen, this isn’t your fault.”
“You can’t control everything, and not everything is your responsibility.”
“I wanted to tell you then, but I didn’t have the words and I didn’t have the time.”
I’m here because I choose to be.
“You save my life. I save yours. That’s how we work.“