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If you're going to read five books, three should be issues and two for fun.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Wexford
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Fun
Issues
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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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Scientists are the enemies of tradition , and tradition own all the prisons. - Victor Vigny
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When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?
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Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl
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...This is the only way. I will not allow humans or fairies to die when I might have prevented it.” Butler would not give up. “Listen to yourself. You sound like a... like a good guy! There’s nothing in this for you.
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There is always a use for everything, Victor had told him. Even pain.
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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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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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A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.
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How did that go?’ he asked. ‘Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age?’ ‘Fabulous,’ said Artemis, voice dripping with sarcasm. ‘We’re planning a June wedding.
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Chief of security : They have a tank! How did they get a tank up here?
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A pity to survive night flights over St. Georges Channel only to crack my skull falling from a ladder.
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