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I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.Derek Landy
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He put on his hat and wrapped his scarf around his jaw, but did without the wig and the sunglasses. He clicked his key chain and the car beeped and the doors locked." That's it?" He looked up. "Sorry?""Aren't you afraid it might get stolen? We're not exactly in a good part of town."" It's got a car alarm."" Don't you, like, cast a spell or something? To keep it safe?"" No. It's a pretty good car alarm. .Derek Landy
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I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I don't participate. My resources, and my standing, must be secure before I can allow the uncertainty of war to crash down upon us.Derek Landy
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What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?Derek Landy
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Cheer up everyone, " he said, a new brightness to his voice. "Since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about?Derek Landy
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I love you all, even those I don’t particularly like. That’s you, Beryl.Derek Landy
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China is the same age as I am, and even I have to admit that she wears it better! " He laughed, then stopped and peered at her. "Because I'm a skeleton" he explained.Derek Landy
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Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of herfather’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as henodded sadly and spoke sombrely and pocketed the silverwarewhen he thought no one was lookingDerek Landy
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Tides do what tides do—they turn.Derek Landy
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Doors are for people with no imagination.Derek Landy
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And what about magic?” “What about it?” “Will you teach me?” “You don’t even know if you’re capable of doing magic.” “How do I find out? Is there a test or something?”“ Yes, we cut off your head. If it grows back, you can do magic.Derek Landy
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Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.Derek Landy
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A living skeleton isn't enough for you, is it? What does it take to impress young people these days?Derek Landy
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Doesn't sunlight kill them? Doesn't it turn them to dust, or make them burst into flames or something?"" Nope. Vampires tan, just like you and me. Well, just like you. I tend to bleach.Derek Landy
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Well, ” her mother said, looking at the engine, “at least that’s still there.”" Do you know anything about engines?" Stephanie asked." That’s why I have a husband, so I don't have to. Engines and shelves, that’s why men were invented." Stephanie made a mental note to learn about engines before she turned eighteen. She wasn't too fussed about the shelves.Derek Landy
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Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need.Derek Landy