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Can we please focus? We are supposed to be professionals." Holly said. "Not me!" said Orion cheerily, "I'm just a Teenager with hormones running wild and may I say, young fairy lady, they're running wild in your direction.
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Humm humm haaa. Rahmumm humm haaaa," intoned Opal, finishing her chant. "Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is so that I may feed him his organs.
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Holly: Seven and a half hours to save the world. Isn't there some law that says we get twenty-four? Artemis: I don't think Opal pays much attention to laws.
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As a child, Zaphod had been diagnosed with ADHDDAAADHD (ntm) ABT which stood for Always Dreaming His Dopey Days Away, Also Attention Deficit Hyperflactulance Disorder (not to mention) A Bit Thick.
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I am older and have more control over my empathy,' said Qwan. 'That's why I didn't throw up.' And having said that, he threw up.
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The miracle of modern science. The LEP pours millions into your department, Foaly, and all you can do is send Mud Boys to the toilet.
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No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.
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Don't worry. I've been in showbusiness for a long time now - I know how to handle bastards
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Too much damned TV. Thinks he's Sherlock Holmes." "That's professor Moriarty," corrected Foaly. "Holmes, Moriarty, they both look the same with the flesh scorched off their skulls.
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There were only two men on the planet better educated in the various martial arts than Butler, and he was related to one of them. The other lived on an island in the South China Sea, and spent his days meditating and beating up palm trees. You had to feel sorry for the B'wa Kell.
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According to a janitor's assistant at the Maximegalon University, who often loiters outside lecture halls, the universe is sixteen billion years old.
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Holly, do you trust me? Holly groaned. Artemis, don't ask me that. I just know one of your outrageous plans is coming. Do you trust me? Yes, Holly sighed. I do. More than anyone.
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You guys looking for my dad? People are always, like, looking for him, and he's never around. Daddy is so not here. And I mean that literally and spiritually.
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If Koboi defeats and presumably murders us both then you can consider the debt null and void.
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I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal.
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Of course I saved you," she said. "I couldn't do without you." And because she was happy and flushed with magic, Holly leaned down and kissed Artemis, magic sparking around the contact like tiny fireworks.
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Don't hate me forever, Arty," whispered Holly. "I couldn't bear that.
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Doobie always wanted to see the badge. It was shiny, and he was eight.
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And I will not be beaten by that jackass." "Jackass?" said Foaly, wounded. "My favorite uncle is a jackass.
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Stupid. Stupid. Foaly, we are both imbeciles. I don't expect lateral thinking from the LEP, but from you..."... "What is it?" [Holly] asked, afraid of the answer, which must surely be terrible. "Yeah," agreed Foaly, who always had time to feel insulted. "Why am I an imbecile?
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Hey, if you can't remember, don't worry about it. I'm having a few memory problems myself in this place. Little things like how long I've been here, what my purpose in life is, which feet to put my shoes on. Stuff like that.
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Look at those two. Wasting time. You wouldn't catch me doing that.
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Remember this? You gave it to me for ensuring your trigger finger got reattached to your hand. You said it would remind me of that spark of decency inside me. I'm trying to do something decent now, Captain.
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If things go badly for me tonight, I want you to stay with Mr. Wynter; he will pay you a decent wage. Will he make me bathe? No, he will debate the matter with you until you decide to wash. Ah. One of those.
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A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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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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