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Genius inspires resentment. A sad fact of life.

Eoin Colfer

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Wexford
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Genius
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Facts
Life
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Resentment

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Very well. I understand. Just ... shut up!
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Don’t feel bad I regularly reduce people to unintelligible stammers.
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That was all he said, except for Aaaeerrgghhh. Which is not really a word. But the reason that he screamed Aaaeerrgghhh was that Franco had bitten him savegly on the wrist.
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