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...Hardly. A ragged apron does not a waiter make.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
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Science Fiction Writer
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Wexford
Hardly
Doe
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Waiter

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Holly walked rapidly into the cockpit, strapping herself into the pilot's chair. Seven and a half hours to save the world. Isn’t there some law that says we get at least twenty-four? Artemis strapped himself into the co-pilot's chair. I don't think Opal bothers with laws.
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Stay back, human. You don't know what you're dealing with.
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The humans were protecting their heritage, or so they thought. Strange that Mud Men seem more concerned about the past than the present.
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There is always a use for everything, Victor had told him. Even pain.
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Sounded like girls. Mixed feelings on that score. He didn't despise them with the same passion he used to. In fact, Benny suspected that there would come a time in the not-too-distant future when he might develop a mysterious interest in them.
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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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Ah, my princess. Noble steed. How does the morning find you both?
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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.
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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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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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I am older and have more control over my empathy,' said Qwan. 'That's why I didn't throw up.' And having said that, he threw up.
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Control puberty? snorted the bodyguard.If you manage that, you'll be the first.
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I'm LEP. A captain. No rent-a-cop gnome is going to stand in the way of my orders.
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If you're going to read five books, three should be issues and two for fun.
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Commander: What's that? Foaly: It's a finger, what does look like?
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People like me, LB, the truly great ones ... we are always alone.
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I'm the crazy girly captain, Remember?
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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.
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I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal.
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