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[icingsugarcloud]

“Desmond Edgely threw back his head and sang, ‘Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, you look like a monkey, and you smell like one, too!’ and laughed like a drain as Valkyrie blew out her candles. It had been the same lyrics every year since she was old enough to know what a monkey was. She had grown up and matured. Her father had not.”

- Desmond Edgely in Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

[icingsugarcloud]

“Was it really the fault of the Engineer that it had decided to go for a walk, or that when the ping sounded, when the Engineer was finally needed to leap into action, instead of being right here, ready to help, it was on a beach in Italy looking for unusual shells?”

- The Engineer in Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

[edgleyalice-blog-blog]

Alice waddled over to her, and patted her leg. Then she whacked it, and waddled off. "Such a violent child," Beryl sniffed.

Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy (p. 160)

[edgleyalice-blog-blog]

Dad: ... Eighteen years on and I have two daughters, and the smaller one can barely walk in a straight line, let alone do ballet. What age are you, Alice? Four? Five?

Mum: Eighteen months.

Dad: Eighteen months and what do you have to show for it? Do you even have a job? Do you? You're a burden on this family. A burden, I say.

Alice: Toast!