“Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done.”

“I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.”

“That was a good day for me," Skulduggery said. "I didn't have to hit anyone. I didn't have to shoot anyone. I just sat around and talked to my good friend and partner, Valkyrie Cain.”

“He crouched at the care window and looked in. "What a lovely family you have. What a charming family. They're all lovely. Except for that one." His finger jabbed the glass. "That one's a bit ugly."...”

“Valkyrie patted Fletchers arm. Dont worry, she said. If the bad man comes, Ill protect you.If the bad man comes, Fletcher responded, Ill bravely give out a high-pitched scream to distract him. I ma...”

“The man had a smooth voice, like velvet. Im Detective Inspector Me. Unusual name, I know. My family were incredibly narcissistic. Im lucky I escaped with any degree of humility at all, to be honest...”

“In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.”

“Sometimes, this disapproval of how you are managing your pain crosses over to disbelief that you are in as much pain as you say you are. They dont believe that your pain is a legitimate enough reas...”

“Don't call anyone a devil, because within you, you can experience hell and the devil, and the devil is nothing, but you!”

“The doctor's wife wasn't a bad woman. She was sufficiently convinced of her own importance to believe that God actually did watch everything she did and listen to everything she said, and she was t...”

“Scratch a cynic and you will find a disappointed romantic.”

“The first rule in life is 'everybody lies.' Remember that and you'll get a lot further.”

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”

“They say the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success, I believe you can say the same thing about the distance between good and evil.”

“A cynic always focuses on problems and not on possibilities.”