independent and selective VALKYRIE CAIN from the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy; as written by caine ( ally ). blog was originally established in feb2013, and rebooted in mar2016.
“Well, I don’t plan on dying any time soon, and I’ve got something he didn’t.”
“And that is…?”
“Your hat. Take me with you, or I’ll stand on it.”
“And that is…?”
“Your hat. Take me with you, or I’ll stand on it.”
— Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant - via GoodReads (via what-evers-clever)
“Valkyrie licked her lips. “They told me you tried Ghastly’s place before you came here.”
“I did. He wasn’t in.”
“No,” Valkyrie said quietly. “He wasn’t.””
“I did. He wasn’t in.”
“No,” Valkyrie said quietly. “He wasn’t.””
— Derek Landy, The Dying Of The Light (via wallfighter)
“Aw, hell,” said Saracen when he saw what they had to fit through.
Valkyrie gave him a half-smile. “You claustrophobic, too?” she asked.
“No,” Shudder answered for him, “just fat.”
Valkyrie gave him a half-smile. “You claustrophobic, too?” she asked.
“No,” Shudder answered for him, “just fat.”
— Derek Landy
“You don’t treat me like a child.”
He smiled. “Of course I do, but you seem to have this ridiculous notion that being treated like a child means to be treated with any less respect than an adult.”
He smiled. “Of course I do, but you seem to have this ridiculous notion that being treated like a child means to be treated with any less respect than an adult.”
— Derek Landy ~ Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones (via wallfighter)
“Scapegrace had his hands to his face. “I think you broke my nose!” They ignored him.
“He talks a lot,” Valkyrie said, “but I don’t think he knows what all the words mean.”
Scapegrace leaped up. “I am the Killer Supreme! I make murder into an art form.”
Skulduggery hit him again and Scapegrace did a little twirl before falling.”
“He talks a lot,” Valkyrie said, “but I don’t think he knows what all the words mean.”
Scapegrace leaped up. “I am the Killer Supreme! I make murder into an art form.”
Skulduggery hit him again and Scapegrace did a little twirl before falling.”
— Playing With Fire - Derek Landy (via unofficial-skulduggery)
“They slowed, and Skulduggery gripped both her arms and turned to her. ‘But you listen to me. If it goes wrong, if we lose the element of surprise, I want you to get out of here. No matter what happens to me, I want you to run, do you understand?’
Stephanie swallowed. ‘Yes.’
He hesitated. ‘Serpine used my wife and child as a weapon against me. In order to do so, he had to kill them. He took my family’s death and he made it about me. Valkyrie, when you die, it will be your death, and yours alone. Let it come to you on your own terms.’
She nodded.
‘Valkyrie Cain,” he said, ‘it has been an absolute pleasure knowing you.’
She looked back at him. ‘You too.’
If he’d had lips, she knew, he’d be smiling.”
Stephanie swallowed. ‘Yes.’
He hesitated. ‘Serpine used my wife and child as a weapon against me. In order to do so, he had to kill them. He took my family’s death and he made it about me. Valkyrie, when you die, it will be your death, and yours alone. Let it come to you on your own terms.’
She nodded.
‘Valkyrie Cain,” he said, ‘it has been an absolute pleasure knowing you.’
She looked back at him. ‘You too.’
If he’d had lips, she knew, he’d be smiling.”
— from Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (via rosamondvivian)
❝ Gordon Edgley’s sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the twenty-fifth sentence of the final chapter of his new book. And The Darkness Rained Upon Them, and the next he was dead. A tragic loss,, his mind echoed numbly as he slipped away. ❞
“Aw, hell,” said Saracen when he saw what they had to fit through.
Valkyrie gave him a half-smile. “You claustrophobic, too?” she asked.
“No,” Shudder answered for him, “just fat.”
Valkyrie gave him a half-smile. “You claustrophobic, too?” she asked.
“No,” Shudder answered for him, “just fat.”
— Derek Landy
“The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you are.”
— Gordon Edgley