Eoin Colfer Quotes - Page 3

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• There is always a use for everything, Victor had told him. Even pain.

  Eoin Colfer

  Pain, Use

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• We lost the crickets," she said. "Even you can't make that sound tough." ..."I am Butler," he said with a straight-face. "Everything I say sounds tough. Now, get out of the lake, fairy.

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  Lakes, Sound, Faces

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• Artemis: (shocked) Why, Doctor? This is a sensitive area. For all you know I could be suffering from depression. Doctor Po: I suppose you could. Is that the case? Artemis: (head in hands) It's my mother, Doctor. Doctor Po: Yes? Artemis: My mother, she... Doctor Po: Your mother, yes? Artemis: She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy when the school's so-called counsellors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees.

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  Mother, School, Doctors

  "Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident". Book by Eoin Colfer, 2002.

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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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  Hunting, Archery, Names

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• Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron.

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  Life, Fowl, Assumption

  Eoin Colfer (2001). “Artemis Fowl”

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• I feel like Alice falling into Wonderland. A line came to him: It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

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  Nice, Fall, Would Be

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• When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't.

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  Reading, Writing, School

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• I have a lovely office at the back of my house; it's an old stable and you can see right out to the countryside on one side and into the house on the other side.

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  Office, House, Lovely

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

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• They have gone. And the tunnel is about to close. So, boys, I am looking for someone to blame.

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  Boys, Tunnels, Gone

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• Don't you worry about that, Mr. Adamsson. Why don't you head back to Reykjavik and spend some of that extortionate fee you charged me for a couple of hours' usage of your frankly third-rate restaurant and perhaps find a friendless tree stump to listen to your woes?

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  Couple, Worry, Tree

  "Artemis Fowl The Atlantis Complex". Book by July 20, 2010, July 20, 2010.

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• I am perhaps unusual in that I came to 'Doctor Who' through the numerous novelisations and not through the television show.

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  Doctors, Television, Unusual

  "Writing my very own Doctor Who". www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2013.

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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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  Grateful, Trying, Auras

  Eoin Colfer (2009). “And Another Thing...”, p.189, Hachette UK

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• Vinyaya was being openly antagonistic, and that was an emotion that could be trusted, unless of course it was a bluff and the commander was a secret fan of his, unless it was a double bluff and she really did feel antagonistic.

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  Secret, Fans, Emotion

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• Are you saying that you people knew about these amorophobots all the time?" "Of course we did. They attacked us in Iceland. Remember?" "No. I was unconscious.

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  Iceland, People, Remember

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• Orion brightened. "I have an idea." "Yes?" said Foaly, daring to hope that a spark of Artemis remained. "Why don't we look for some magic stones that can grant wishes? Or, if that doesn't work, you could search my naked body for some mysterious birthmark that means I am actually the prince of somewhere or other.

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  Mean, Ideas, Magic

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• A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again.

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  Weight, Fowl, Metaphorical

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• Why can't I solve this problem by killing someone? she though petulantly, then comforted herself with the mantra that had kept her going in prison: "Soon all the humans will be dead," she said, droning in the time-honored fashion of gurus everywhere. "And then Opal will be loved." And even if I'm not loved, she thought, at least all the humans will be dead.

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  Fashion, Killing Someone, Opal

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• Trust me. I haven't been wrong yet.

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  Fowl, Trust Me, Artemis

  Eoin Colfer (2001). “Artemis Fowl”, Disney-Hyperion

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• Artemis Fowl will never be secondary." "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?" said Holly.

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  Hollies, Fowl, Said

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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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  Dream, Children, Attention

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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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  Memories, Shoes, Feet

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

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• Humans have a saying that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which basically means that if you think it's beautiful, then it is beautiful. The elfin version of this saying was composed by the great poet B.O Selecta, who said "Even the plainest of the plain shall deign to reign", which critics have always thought was a bit rhymey. The dwarf version of this maxim is "If it don't stink, marry it", which is slightly less romantic, but the general gist is the same.

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  Beautiful, Mean, Eye

  Eoin Colfer (2014). “Artemis Fowl:”, p.865, Penguin UK

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• HOLLY: Are you suggesting I occasionally stray from the rule book? FOALY: No. I'm suggesting you do not own a copy of the rule book, and if you do, you have certainly never opened it.

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  Book, Hollies, Copies

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• We lost the crickets.

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  Lost, Cricket

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• ...to be injured on this tundra would lead to a quick and painful death—or at the very least abject humiliation before the popping flashes of the tourist season's tail end, which was slightly less painful than a painful death, but lasted longer.

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  Painful Death, Tourists, Tails

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