Quotes from Eoin Colfer

That is a highly sensitive piece of field equipment. What does he think? Some warlock pulled it out of his armpit?

I am swimming with sharks and I am prepared to become one of them.

Selbstvertrauen ist nichts anderes als Unwissenheit. Wenn man sich stark fühlt, dann nur, weil es etwas gibt, das man nicht weiß.

Shut up, idiot. I'm counting bongs.

She'd never been able to concentrate on one thing in her entire life. Maybe that was it. Life wasn't here to distract her now.

Will Maria be picking us up? Where do you think Maria is right now? How old do you think Maria is?

Some states more than others,' said Hooke. 'California ain't so lenient. New York makes it near to impossible to secure a permit. New Jersey, Connecticut, even Hawaii. All these red-blooded Americans are crying out for guns. And if there is one thing

Some people ain't got no Riverbend in their soul.

Immer zwei Schritte voraus, unser Master Artemis. Die Leute sagten, er sei ganz aus dem alten Holz geschnitzt. Doch sie irrten sich. Master Artemis war aus nagelneuem Holz, von einer Sorte, die noch keiner gesehen hatte.

evolution had stripped them of this power.

It would not be like a movie. It would be like life in Ireland: cold and hard and with no happy ending.

Holly moved. A second too late. The table clipped her backpack, knocking the gas tank clean off. It spun through the air, trailing flammable liquid. Italian restaurants—wouldn't you know it—full of candles. The tank twirled right through an elaborate candelabrum and burst into flames like some deadly firework.

The Jeep inched forward at a painfully slow rate, made all the more excruciating by the anticipation building in Artemis's chest. He could suppress it no longer. Could they at last be at the end of their quest? After six false alarms across three continents, could this wine-sodden healer be the gold at the end of the rainbow? Artemis almost chuckled. Gold at the end of the rainbow. He'd made a joke. Now there's something that didn't happen everyday.

Really, Commander. Holly—Captain Short is only here because I tricked her.

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.

Wait," said Butler. "Just wait, Holly. Artemis has a plan." He squinted through the green dome. "What is your plan, Artemis?" All Artemis could do was smile and shrug.

I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom.

'Insanity... I like it."

Sometimes plans don't translate smoothly from paper to real life.

When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.

I have always loved 'Stig of the Dump.' I think reading that book made me officially realise that I was a reader.

I have no time for babbling foolishness." "Don't be so hasty," said Victor. "There's always time for babbling.