Quotes by Eoin Colfer

You know, Miss Holly, you look very dramatic like that, backlit by the fire. Very attractive, if I may say so. I know you shared a moment passionne with Artemis which he subsequently fouled up with his typical boorish behavior. Let me just throw something out there for you to consider while were chasing the probe: I share Artemiss passion but not his boorishness. No pressure; just think about it.This was enough to elicit a deafening moment of silence even in the middle of a crisis, which Orion seemed to be blissfully unaffected by.

Confidence is ignorance. If youre feeling cocky, its because theres something you dont know.

Its like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.

If you were me, then Id be you, and if I were you, then Id hide somewhere far away.

No matter what dimension youre in, theres a big-headed male trying to take over the world.

Artemis felt like he was six again and caught hacking the school computers trying to make the test questions harder

Who are you? he asked.I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to me as Aaaaarrrrgh, hold your throat, die screaming, and so on.

I dont like lollipops.

Foaly: Anyone see you come in here? Holly: The FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, MI6. Oh, and the EIB. Foaly: The EIB? Holly: (smirking) Everyone in the building.

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) Its 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 schools so-called counsellors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees.

Were being lead by an idiot with a crayon.

That was horrible. Horrible. That poor little guy.Pex was unrepentant. Yeah, well, he asked for it. Calling us ... all those things.But---buried alive! Thats like in that horror movie. Yknow -- the one with all the horror.I think I saw that one. With all the words going up on the screen at the end?Yeah, that was it. Tell you the truth, those words kinda ruined it for me.

Humm humm haaa. Rahmumm humm haaaa, intoned Opal, finishing her chant. Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is so that I may feed him his organs.

Look! said Foaly, pointing with some urgency into the vast steel-gray gloom, Someone who cares!

A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.

Orion brightened. I have an idea.Yes? said Foaly, daring to hope that a spark of Artemis remained.Why dont we look for some magic stones that can grant wishes? Or, if that doesnt work, you could search my naked body for some mysterious birthmark that means I am actually the prince of somewhere or other.

I bet, said Mulch, that you would set the world on fire just to watch it burn.Opal tapped the suggestion into a small electronic notepad on her pocket computer.Thanks for that. Now, tell me everything.

Me, Artemis blurted. Im 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.Im the nut! Artemis shouted again, a little hysterically, it must be said.

I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal.

Excuse me, Captain. Are you two going to weep salty tears of admiration over a helmet all night, or do we have matters to discuss?