While my insides may be rotten, I still like a good reason to kill someone. It has to be either business, personal, or out of sheer boredom.

We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant

Doors are for people with no imagination.

I love you all, even those I don’t particularly like. That’s you, Beryl.

I'm sophisticated, charming, suave, and debonair, Professor. But I have never claimed to be civilized.

Kindness suits you." "Really? I think I'm quite allergic to it.

The Baron, unfortunately, turns it all the way up to eleven." "Seriously? Because, you know, that's one more evil

Well, for future reference, this is my serious face.

Plans are invitation to disappointment.

I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.

Are you sulking?” “Me? No. I don’t sulk.” “You sound like you’re sulking.” “I’m just waiting for the violent urges to subside.

The future of a country doesn't depend on its wealth but on its education.

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

You still don't get it, do you, Margaret?' Kat smiled almost sadly. 'We never had to steal the Antony. All we had to do was get it next to the Cleopatra and switch the signs.

We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God's great universe.

Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.

The word 'question' is derived from the Latin quaerere 'to seek,' which is the same root as the word for quest. A creative life is a continued quest, and good questions are useful guides.

The more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God - who, after all, loves ornery creatures like us.

If you want to be loved, be loveable.