“In my experience, boys are predictable. As soon as they think of something, they do it. Girls are smarter—they plan ahead. They think about not getting caught.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from Half-Moon Investigations
“Doobie always wanted to see the badge. It was shiny, and he was eight.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from Half-Moon Investigations
“Her glare was so intense that you completely forgot she was wearing pink.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from Half-Moon Investigations
“When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from Half-Moon Investigations
“Red was smiling back at me. “Ok. I'm not in trouble. But tell me your heart didn't start beating for the first time in a month.”
I couldn't deny it. So I didn't.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from Half-Moon Investigations
“Excuse me, Tex," the nurse said, hands on hips. 'Would you mind reining in the voice. There are babies being born in this hospital. We wouldn't want the first sound they hear to be your painful howling. There could be lawsuits.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from Half-Moon Investigations
“You still awake?' asked the anesthetist.
'Nope,' I replied.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from Half-Moon Investigations
Eoin Colfer
Born place: in Wexford, Ireland
Born date May 14, 1965
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“The Declaration of Sentiments, written in 1833, reads that our principles ‘forbid the doing of evil that good may come, and lead us to reject—and to entreat the oppressed to reject—the use of all carnal weapons for deliverance from bondage; relying solely upon those which are spiritual, and mighty through God”
― Lynn Austin, quote from Candle in the Darkness
“People only talk about how wonderful youth is when they have forgotten how hard it was.”
― Louis L'Amour, quote from The Lonesome Gods
“But that's Islam in the third millennium: they want the certainties of seventh-century society with the conveniences of the twenty-first century.”
― Mark Steyn, quote from America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
“We tend to forget that unity is, at best, morally neutral and often a source of irrationality and groupthink. Rampaging mobs are unified. The Mafia is unified. Marauding barbarians bent on rape and pillage are unified. Meanwhile, civilized people have disagreements, and small-d democrats have arguments. Classical liberalism is based on this fundamental insight, which is why fascism was always antiliberal. Liberalism rejected the idea that unity is more valuable than individuality. For fascists and other leftists, meaning and authenticity are found in collective enterprises—of class, nation, or race—and the state is there to enforce that meaning on everyone without the hindrance of debate.”
― Jonah Goldberg, quote from Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
“There are those who dance the notes, and those who dance the music.”
― Eva Ibbotson, quote from A Company of Swans
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