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01Undated

Don't hate me forever, Arty," whispered Holly. "I couldn't bear that.

Eoin Colfer / quote

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02Undated

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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03Undated

How could you...? How?""Logically you have no right to be angry. I simply followed your l

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04Undated

They were in a position of total ignorance and people in that position often died without being enlightened.

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05Undated

Today he became a killer, or else a corpse.

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06Undated

The sarcasm made a slight whistling noise as it flew over Loafers' head.

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07Undated

Why can't I solve this problem by killing someone? she though petulantly, then comforted herself with the mantra that had kept her going in prison: "Soon all the humans will be dead," she said, droning in the time-honored fashion of gurus everywhere. "And then Opal will be loved."And even if I'm not loved, she thought, at least all the humans will be dead.

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08Undated

How did that go” [Butler] asked. “Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age.”“Fabulous,” said Artemis, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “We’re planning a June wedding.

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09Undated

It was no time for mercy, it was time to terminate with extreme prejudice.

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10Undated

Genius inspires resentment. A sad fact of life.

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11Undated

Some people just needed to be stolen from.

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12Undated

Careful, Mr. Spiro, guns are dangerous. Especially the end with the hole.

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13Undated

Victor Vigny: A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.Conor Broekhart: Which resembles a giant banana.

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14Undated

No, mademoiselle, I would not like to see the children's menu. I have no doubt that the children's menu itself tastes better than the meals on it. I would like to order à la carte. Or don't you serve fish to minors?

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15Undated

All we can hope for is that he will fall into the ocean with a bar of soap in his pocket.

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16Undated

... desperate times required judicious risk-taking.

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17Undated

We are different, my friend. We are visionaries. A monkey looks up and sees and banana, and that is as far as he looks. But a visionary looks up and sees the moon.

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18Undated

I know what dissipate means, Arty. I'm not three, for heaven's sake.

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19Undated

*to thor* Zeus had replied that he had pulled fluffballs of lint out of his bellybutton that were bigger than Asgard

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20Undated

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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21Undated

What's this?" he inquired, none too pleasantly. "A circus?""No, Julius. It's the end of the circus.""I see. And these are the clowns?"Foaly's head poked through the doorway."Pardon me for interrupting your extended circus metaphor, but what the hell is that?

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22Undated

Certain battles were won by retreating.

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23Undated

I am Butler. Anything I say sounds scary.

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24Undated

Hey, bodyguard. You better get down to the gymnasium. This jumbo pixie guy is killing your sister." "Really?" said Butler, unconvinced. "Really. Juliet just does not seem to be herself. She can't put two moves together. It's pathetic, really. Everybody is betting against her." "I see," said Butler, straightening. Mulch held the door. "It's going to make things really interesting when you show up to help." Butler grinned. "I'm not coming to help. I just want to be there when she stops faking." "Ah," said Mulch, comprehension dawning on his face. "So I should switch my bet to Juliet?" "You certainly should" said Butler.

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