Eoin Colfer Quotes

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• I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.

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  Clever, Would Be, Scared

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

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  Confidence, Humorous, Cocky

  Eoin Colfer (2001). “Artemis Fowl”

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• If I win, I'm a prodigy. If I lose, then I'm crazy. That's the way history is written.

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  Crazy, Winning, Fowl

  Eoin Colfer (2003). “Artemis Fowl”, Miramax

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• Dreams come true all the time, just not for the dreamers

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  Funny, Dream, Dreamer

  Eoin Colfer (2009). “And Another Thing...”, Hyperion

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• The thing about reading is that if you are hooked, you're not going to stop just because one series is over; you're going to go and find something else.

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  Reading, Over You, Hooked

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• A CD. How quaint. We have these in museums.

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  Technology, Museums, Cds

  Eoin Colfer (2005). “Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code - Book #3”, Miramax

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• You know you're in trouble when your own imagination starts punishing you.

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  Imagination, Trouble, Knows

  Eoin Colfer (2007). “Half Moon Investigations”, Disney-Hyperion

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• A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.

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  Optimistic, Moon, Monkeys

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• 'Insanity... I like it."

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  Life, Insanity

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• In my experience, boys are predictable. As soon as they think of something, they do it. Girls are smarter—they plan ahead. They think about not getting caught.

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  Girl, Thinking, Boys

  Eoin Colfer (2007). “Half Moon Investigations”, Disney-Hyperion

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• Evolution is a theory with more holes than a Dutch dam of swiss cheese.

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  Dams, Dutch, Cheese

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• There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the Universe is there a single gravestone that reads 'He Loved Everything About His Life, Especially the Dying Bit at the End'.

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  Dying, Culture, Happy Endings

  Eoin Colfer (2009). “And Another Thing...”, Hyperion

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• Oh, I'm crazy all right. I do have plenty of psychoses. Multiple personality, delusional dementia, OCD. I've got them all, but most of all, I'm crazy about you.

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  Crazy, Psychosis, Personality

  Eoin Colfer (2010). “Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex”, p.108, Penguin UK

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

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  Ignorance, Sometimes, Bliss

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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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  Men, Trying, Males

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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

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  Kids, Two, Bed

  "Quickfire interview: Eoin Colfer". Interview with Jen Bowden, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2012.

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• I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you don't happen to use what you've worked on that day, it has taught you something and you'll be amazed when you might come back to it and use it again.

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  Book, Frustrated, Use

  "Quickfire interview: Eoin Colfer". Interview with Jen Bowden, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2012.

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• Well, I don't like the first bit and I don't know the last bit. So I'm really hoping the middle bit is exceptional.

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  Lasts, Firsts, Middle

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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• Trust me. I'm a genius.

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  Genius, Trust Me

  Eoin Colfer (2005). “Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code - Book #3”, Miramax

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• Other men look up and down, left and right; but men like us are different. We are visionaries.

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  Men, Different, Looks

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• Nobody's death is impending." ..."Well technically everyone's death is impending.

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  Wells

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• Don't hate me forever, Arty," whispered Holly. "I couldn't bear that.

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  Hate, Forever, Hollies

  Eoin Colfer (2014). “Artemis Fowl:”, p.927, Penguin UK

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• The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese.

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  Theory Of Evolution, Dams, Cheese

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• My truffles? You took them? That's just mean!

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  Mean, Truffles

  Eoin Colfer (2007). “Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception”, Miramax

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

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  Book, Reading, Thinking

  "Quickfire interview: Eoin Colfer on Doctor Who". The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2013.

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