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Sometimes plans don't translate smoothly from paper to real life.

Eoin Colfer

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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
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Argh? Pathetic and inarticulate. Nice combination. Your mothers must be so proud.
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Artemis looked at Holly and felt a tremendous affection for her... he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his best friend was... She is truly magical, thought Artemis. Perhaps her qualities are more obvious to me now that I have decided to sacrifice myself.
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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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(to Foaly) Captain Short's life is in danger, so push the button before I climb that tower and push it with your face!
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We lost the crickets, she said. Even you can't make that sound tough. ...I am Butler, he said with a straight-face. Everything I say sounds tough. Now, get out of the lake, fairy.
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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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She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy, when the so-called counselors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees. -Artemis Fowl
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Other men look up and down, left and right but men like us are different. We are visionaries.
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Nobody's death is impending. ...Well technically everyone's death is impending.
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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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Maybe I’ll keep you.” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet human around. I could teach you tricks.” “I have a trick for you,” said Artemis, and he fired a single blast from the gun.
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A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again.
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There’s always time for babbling.
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Of course I saved you, she said. I couldn't do without you. And because she was happy and flushed with magic Holly leaned down and kissed Artemis, magic sparking around the contact like tiny fireworks.
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Who or what inspires you? I must admit that I often read my own articles in scientific journals and inspire myself.
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