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In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Wexford
Youngsters
Thrill
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Parents
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Sneaky
Thinking
Punishing

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How was your... eh... trip? Artemis felt the sting of tears in his own eyes. Um, eventful.
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Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient.
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That’s what I thought. When I looked that human in the face. I figured he was either a genius or crazy.” Artemis’s cool eyes glared at them from the screen. “So which is it?” asked Foaly. “A genius or crazy?” Root grabbed his tri-barreled blaster from the gun rack. “What’s the difference?
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...I just pulled a pretty big job and needed to hide out for awhile. ...Where's all the loot? That, as my cousin Nord would say, is where my improvised lie falls apart. Artemis put two and two together and arrived at a very unpleasant four. You were here to rob me! No, I wasn't. How dare you?!
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Look! said Foaly, pointing with some urgency into the vast steel-gray gloom, Someone who cares!
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I'm right there with you, darlin'. Unless you step on a landmine, in which case I'm way back in the Operations Room.
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Control puberty? snorted the bodyguard.If you manage that, you'll be the first.
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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.
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Let's save some time here. I grow weary of your clumsy bluffs. In the case of an abduction, the LEP will send a crack Retrieval team to get back what has been lost.. You have done so. Excuse me while I titter. Crack team? Honestly. A Cub-Scout patrol armed with water pistols could have defeated them.
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There will be consequences for this, he thought. You can't alter time and not be affected. But whatever the consequences are, I will bear them, because the alternative is too terrible. -Artemis Fowl, The Lost Colony
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I wear a name tag to help people find me. It saves time when you're dealing with idiots.
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how does she know it's the right room?' wondered Descant. Oh, I don't know mabye it's the magical red glow coming from the doorway, or perhaps it's the deafening howl of the temporal winds.' said Mervall. Descant nodded.'You could be right, brother. And don't think I don't know sarcasm when I hear it.
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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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Yes. Because every family needs a laser for thier family jet.
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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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Very well. I understand. Just ... shut up!
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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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Mulch was not impressed. 'I'm not impressed,' he said.
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I waved my hand in front of my face, obi-wan style. I am not here. Niall's mucas glands kicked into overdrive. Eoin's dead! And his ghost is standing right there on the grass! Donal let out a long suffering sigh. Eoin is being a writer. Niall calmed down, becuase everyone knows writers are weird and are always doing stupid thingss.
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When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.
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