“That's the last order I'll ever give you Captain. Don't you dare ignore it.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“Friendship isn't a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“Hilarious, dude. You should, like, have your own show.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“Yes, Chix, it's between us. Everyone has a right to be temporarily unstable.
- Foaly”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“Holly: Seven and a half hours to save the world. Isn’t there some law that says we get twenty-four?
Artemis: I don't think Opal pays much attention to laws.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“My truffles? You took them? That's just mean!”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“If we make it through this, we will be friends. Bonded by trauma.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“He's a gem, sir. I wish I had one just like him." He rattled the ring of keys on Artemis's belt. "And what are these?" Artemis scratched his head. "Uh, keys?”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“I do remember, Holly. I remember it all. Especially you. It's a real comfort to have you here.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“It's a game box. They were invented so teenagers wouldn't have to talk to grownups.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“Mulch was not impressed. “I’m not impressed,”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“The thought of revenge always gave her a warm fuzzy feeling.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“Giving evidence against one's employers was the first step to unemployment.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“Some people just needed to be stolen from.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
“The Brill brothers fled to the cockpit, trying to simultaneously bow, look at their feet, not think anything dangerous, and above all, not pass wind.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Opal Deception
Eoin Colfer
Born place: in Wexford, Ireland
Born date May 14, 1965
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“you remain faithful to your mental attitude, your prayer will be answered.”
― Joseph Murphy, quote from The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
“Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than the years of dogged preparation or the unwavering grace displayed during a string of losses. Applause, then, never bore much relation to the reality of my life as an astronaut, which was not all about, or even mostly about, flying around in space.”
― Chris Hadfield, quote from An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige".”
― Christopher Priest, quote from The Prestige
“This, children, is Kitty Pryde, who apparently feels the need to make a grand entrance.
I'm sorry. I was busy remembering to put all my clothes on.”
― Joss Whedon, quote from Astonishing X-Men, Volume 1: Gifted
“Equally arresting are British pub names. Other people are content to dub their drinking establishment with pedestrian names like Harry’s Bar and the Greenwood Lounge. But a Briton, when he wants to sup ale, must find his way to the Dog and Duck, the Goose and Firkin, the Flying Spoon, or the Spotted Dog. The names of Britain’s 70,000 or so pubs cover a broad range, running from the inspired to the improbable, from the deft to the daft. Almost any name will do so long as it is at least faintly absurd, unconnected with the name of the owner, and entirely lacking in any suggestion of drinking, conversing, and enjoying oneself. At a minimum the name should puzzle foreigners-this is a basic requirement of most British institutions-and ideally it should excite long and inconclusive debate, defy all logical explanation, and evoke images that border on the surreal.”
― Bill Bryson, quote from The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
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