Eoin Colfer Quotes

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Don't try to understand me, just be grateful that you felt the warmth of Zaphod Beeblebrox's aura on your wonderstruck face.

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Who are you?" he asked. I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to me as Aaaaarrrrgh, hold your throat, die screaming, and so on.

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So if you're not Artemis Fowl, then who are you?" The boy extended a dripping hand straight up. "My name is Orion. I am so pleased to meet you at last. I am, of course, your servant." Holly shook the proferred hand, thinking that manners were lovely, but she really needed someone cunning and ruthless right now, and this kid didn't appear to be very cunning.

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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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I'm LEP. A captain. No rent-a-cop gnome is going to stand in the way of my orders.

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The humans were protecting their heritage, or so they thought. Strange that Mud Men seem more concerned about the past than the present.

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How did that go?' he asked. 'Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age?' 'Fabulous,' said Artemis, voice dripping with sarcasm. 'We're planning a June wedding.

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Orion sniffed. "Good. Then, worthy centaur, perhaps you could give me a ride to the village on your way back. Then I can make a few pennies wth my verses while you build us a shack and perform circus tricks for passersby." This was such a surprising statement that Foaly briefly considered jumping into the hole to get away.

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When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?

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And one more thing. About my name — Artemis — you were right. In London, it is generally a female name, after the Greek goddess of archery. But every now and then a male comes along with such a talent for hunting that he earns the right to use the name. I am that male. Artemis the hunter. I hunted you.

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Ignorance, as they say, is usually fatal, but sometimes it can be bliss.

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Her glare was so intense that you completely forgot she was wearing pink.

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Meg and Belch only had eyes for each other. Not in the usual romantic sense.

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Let's save some time here. I grow weary of your clumsy bluffs. In the case of an abduction, the LEP will send a crack Retrieval team to get back what has been lost.. You have done so. Excuse me while I titter. Crack team? Honestly. A Cub-Scout patrol armed with water pistols could have defeated them.

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Holly died without a friend to hold her hand. Artemis felt her go, another gift of the magic. He kept on counting, brushing away the tears on his cheeks.

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It would take less than a second for you to die. But that's quite long enough to be in mortal agony, don't you think?

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You display inordinate pride for someone who has completed a task which could have been performed by a lesser primate in a shorter time.

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Red held me at arm's length, grinning. Welcome to the family, Half Moon, he said.

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Foaly twitched his tail contentedly. Genius. No point in being humble about it.

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I can grow cameras!" she had shrieked at the Brill brothers during one briefing. "Who's to say that despicable centaur Foaly hasn't succeded in splicing surveillance equiptment to plants? So get rid of all the flowers. Rocks, too. I don't trust them. Sullen little blebers.

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Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient.

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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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