Quotes from Eoin Colfer

If I were a male—one of your precious sprites—we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

He glanced up sharply when Holly entered through the pneumatic double doors. "Anybody see you come in here?" Holly thought about it. "The FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, MI6. Oh, and the EIB." Foaly frowned. "The EIB?" "Everyone in the building." Holly smirked.

moving toward Martina Franca, a fortified town near the city of Brindisi. As far as we can tell, he stumbled into vent E7. It was on cooldown after a surface shot; that's why the troll isn't crispy barbecue right now." Holly grimaced. Charming, she thought. "We've been lucky in that our target has bumped into

Butler tilted the clone's head back, pinched its nose

Are you backing out, Mulch? Or is this just the usual moaning?

strode briskly through across the tough

I don't like lollipops

Right, enough talk. I think it's time Mister Vassikin was introduced to my friend, Mister Fist.

The old-fashioned way," repeated Mulch. "With a futuristic pressure suit and a fairy phone.

Artemis Fowl

Ik geef je twee woorden. Heb je zin om een gokje te wagen hoe die luiden?' Holly wist het meteen. Ze vóélde het gewoon. 'Artemis Fowl,' fluisterde. 'Precies,' bevestigde Vinyáya. 'Artemis Fowl.

Foaly was well aware that he was babbling about hoof drawings in order to distract himself from the current situation. He had often assisted Holly through one crisis or another. But he had rarely been in the field to actually witness these crises occurring. The video logs never really capture the emotion, he thought. I am scared out of my wits right now, but no helmet-cam footage can convey that.

Wowbagger could not hold her eyes. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Ze zou het hem nooit of te nimmer vertellen, maar als er ooit een mens ingeschakeld moest worden om het elfenvolk te redden, dan was Artemis vermoedelijk de beste kandidaat voor deze klus.

King Nicholas had explained the lense box to

What are you? Who are you? I thought you shared Artemis's memories. How can you be so stupid? Orion was unperturbed. I share everything. Memories and movies are as real as each other to me. You, Peter Pan, the Loch Ness Monster, me. It's all real, maybe.

Know thine enemy

Doubts assuaged, Butler returned to his copy of Guns and Ammo, leaving his employer to unravel the secrets of the universe.

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

Artemis sighed dramatically. "Well, if we have to go, at least we'll go on full stomachs." This was an unusually cavalier comment to make with seconds to live, even for a human. "Full stomachs?" "Yes," said Artemis. "Mulch took something else from your shuttle." He picked up a small chocolate-covered ball and wiggled it before the screen. "My truffles?" gasped Opal. "You took them. That's just mean.

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know

Little Beau will be fascinated." "Couldn't I just shoot him?

Het is het niet waard. Neem dat maar aan van iemand die jouw fouten al begaan heeft. - Artemis, tegen Minerva

Tell me,' Artemis said, his voice still weak. 'How do I know you?' And so Holly began her story: 'It all started in Ho Chi Minh City one summer. It was sweltering by anyone's standards. Needless to say, Artemis Fowl would not have been willing to put up with such discomfort if something extremely important had not been at stake. Important to the plan Ã¢â'¬Â¦