I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom.

I don't like lollipops.

Artemis Fowl will never be secondary." "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?" said Holly.

Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient.

I hear that you were on a date with Trouble Kelp. Are you two planning on building a bivouac any time soon?

Either that boy is the sanest creature on Earth, he thought, or he is so disturbed that our tests cannot even begin to scratch the surface.

Have you ever heard of the theory of relativity?" Artemis blinked. "Is this a joke? I have traveled through time, Doctor. I think I know a little something about relativity.

Butler was seeing the world as it was, complete with L.E.P retrival team

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl

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

It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.

Woman is the light of God.

Cold feet under a warm blanket, steam over an empty mug--rain splatters on dry window pane--open journals of closed memories... tears of laughter and joy of pain... schmaltz of diametric morning.

Parenting: Nobody really wants the job, but everybody thinks they can do better.

Words matter. Without words you can't have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats.

No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want.

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.

When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

My father was a simple man; my mother was a simple woman; you see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton.

The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.

We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.