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There seemed an unwritten agreement that the Thunder God should be left in peace, which was probably due to the very clearly written message painted on a whitewashed wall in what looked like lumpy congealed blood, which read: Leave me in peace and I probably won't kill you. No promise, mind. Probably is absolutely the best I can do.
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People like me, LB, the truly great ones... we are always alone.
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Mulch's tongue lolled out, resting on the centaur's neck. "Mmm," he mumbled around his tongue. "Horse. Tasty" "Let's go," said Foaly nervously. "Let's go right now.
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Listen to me, convict. I have not traveled all this way to listen to your war stories. So shut your trap before I shut it for you. Commander Julius Root
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Artemis Fowl will never be secondary." "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?" said Holly.
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Yes, Chix, it's between us. Everyone has a right to be temporarily unstable. - Foaly
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Ma was using her for-company voice. Sweet on the outside but with an underlying death threat.
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Artemis Fowl grinned right back at him and pointed his index finger to the sky... from the tip of this finger sprang a small blue spark that exploded like a tiny firework. I know magic can be stolen, said Artemis. Because I stole some myself.
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When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.
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Either that boy is the sanest creature on Earth, he thought, or he is so disturbed that our tests cannot even begin to scratch the surface.
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Maybe I'll keep you. Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis's back with his sword. It'd be nice to have a pet human around. I could teach you tricks. I have a trick for you, said Artemis, and he fired a single blast from the gun.
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Don't you worry about that, Mr. Adamsson. Why don't you head back to Reykjavik and spend some of that extortionate fee you charged me for a couple of hours' usage of your frankly third-rate restaurant and perhaps find a friendless tree stump to listen to your woes?
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I am not exuding anything," said Holly through gritted teeth. Orion tapped her shoulder. "I beg to differ. You're exuding right now, a wonderful aura. It's pastel blue with little dolphins.
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She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy, when the so-called counselors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees. -Artemis Fowl
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Butler was seeing the world as it was, complete with L.E.P retrival team
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I hear that you were on a date with Trouble Kelp. Are you two planning on building a bivouac any time soon?
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Who can fathom the workings of the criminal mind? I said, trying to sound intelligent.
Well, you, I hope, said April. That is what I'm paying you for.
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I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.
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The craft's occupants clutched their armrests, and more than one of them closed their eyes. But not Artemis. He couldn't. There was something morbidly fascinating about flying into an uncharted tunnel at a reckless speed with only a kleptomaniac dwarf's word for what lay at the other end.
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Hey, look your girlfriend is saying something. Artemis had a vast mental reserve of scathing comebacks at his disposal, but none of them covered girlfriend insults. He wasn't even sure if it was an insult. And if it was, who was being insulted? Him or the girl?
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The sarcasm made a slight whistling noise as it flew over Loafers' head.
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We get an apartment together, and after a whirlwind courtship you marry my sister and honeymoon in Vegas.
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Artemis felt like he was six again and caught hacking the school computers trying to make the test questions harder.
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Boo-hoo. Help me, I'm a girl. What kind of modern woman are you? A smart one.
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In the Bernstein Manual there is a short chapter on undercover work. The first line says, in capital letters, AVOID UNDERCOVER WORK.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
Ignazio Silone
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Born:
May 14, 1965
(age 58)
Bio:
Eoin Colfer is an Irish author of children's books. He worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer. He is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series.
Known for:
Artemis Fowl (2012)
Airman (2007)
The Supernaturalist (2004)
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (2002)
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