Eoin Colfer Quotes - Page 3

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

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  Real, Paper, Sometimes

  Eoin Colfer (2003). “Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident - Book #2”, Miramax

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

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  Eye, Usual, Meg

  Eoin Colfer (2012). “The Wish List”, p.146, The O'Brien Press

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Me," Artemis blurted. "I'm the nut." Artemis could have sworn the squid winked at him before bringing the five-ton chunk of spacecraft swinging down toward the morsel of meat in its blue shell. "I'm the nut!" Artemis shouted again, a little hysterically, it must be said.

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  Blue, Nuts, Squids

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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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• So, what did you get for me?" Angeline paused for a beat. "Jeans." "What?" croaked Artemis. "And a T-shirt.

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  Jeans, T Shirt, Shirts

  Eoin Colfer (2010). “Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex”, p.182, Penguin UK

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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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  Jumping, Giving, Orion

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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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  Blue, Sky, Magic

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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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• 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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  Hands, Hollies, Magic

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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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• Control puberty?" snorted the bodyguard."If you manage that, you'll be the first.

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  Firsts, Bodyguard, Puberty

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

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• Artemis turned and stared at his friend with the blue eyes. Holly was staring back, and she was smiling. “I remember,” she said aloud. “You saved me.” Artemis smiled back. “It never happened,” he said.

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  Eye, Blue, Hollies

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

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• Anything else, Butler?" "The cosh, sir.

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  Butlers

  Eoin Colfer (2001). “Artemis Fowl”

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• Yes, Chix, it's between us. Everyone has a right to be temporarily unstable. - Foaly

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  Unstable

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

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