Exactly.

I am Butler. Anything I say sounds scary.

Look!” said Foaly, pointing with some urgency into the vast steel-gray gloom, “Someone who cares!

Holly clambered after him, struggling up the human-size steps. “Wait! Just wait,” she called, overtaking Artemis and looking him in the eye from one step up. “I know you, Artemis. You like to play your...

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

It took teams of LEP warlocks to slow down time for a few hours; the magic required to open a door to the tunnel was stupendous. It would be easier to shoot down the moon.Opal...

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...

No matter what dimension you’re in, there’s a big-headed male trying to take over the world.

Friendship isn’t a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.

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.

A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.

The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese.

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....

She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy, when the so-called counselors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees.-Artemis Fowl

How could you…? How?””Logically you have no right to be angry. I simply followed your lead.” …He is really going through with it.”No,” She managed. “There is no other way.

Artemis felt like he was six again and caught hacking the school computers trying to make the test questions harder

Are you grinning, Artemis? For some reason I get the feeling that you’re wearing that smug smile of yours.

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....

Orion brightened. “I have an idea.””Yes?” said Foaly, daring to hope that a spark of Artemis remained.”Why don’t we look for some magic stones that can grant wishes? Or, if that doesn’t work, you could...

Toadstool mandarins are a form of toxic jellyfish whose tentacles are loaded with entheogenic venom. The effects of a mandarin sting are threefold. The first is a sharp stinging sensation; the second a nasty red...

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

Other men look up and down, left and right; but men like us are different. We are visionaries.

Meg and Belch only had eyes for each other. Not in the usual romantic sense.

Who are you?” he asked.I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to...

I will not miss him.” But her eyes told the real story.

They have gone. And the tunnel is about to close. So, boys, I am looking for someone to blame.

I bet,” said Mulch, “that you would set the world on fire just to watch it burn.”Opal tapped the suggestion into a small electronic notepad on her pocket computer.Thanks for that. Now, tell me everything.

Ignorance, as they say, is usually fatal, but sometimes it can be bliss.

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...

How do I love thee? wondered Orion. “Let me see. I love thee passionately and eternally…obviously eternally-that goes without saying.” Holly blinked sweat from her eyes. “Is he serious?” she called over her shoulder to...

The humans were protecting their heritage, or so they thought. Strange that Mud Men seem more concerned about the past than the present.

I don’t like lollipops.

I never tell anybody exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared…

I don’t know why it is, Captain Short, but whenever you start agreeing with me, I get decidedly nervous.