“A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.”
— Eoin Colfer“It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.”
— Eoin Colfer“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
— Eoin Colfer“I don't like lollipops.”
— Eoin Colfer“Artemis felt like he was six again and caught hacking the school computers trying to make the test questions harder”
— Eoin Colfer“Humm humm haaa. Rahmumm humm haaaa, intoned Opal, finishing her chant. Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is so that I may feed him his organs.”
— Eoin Colfer“I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal.”
— Eoin Colfer“Really, I'm trying to care, Artemis, really. But I thought it was all supposed to be over when the fat lady sings. Well, she's singing, but it doesn't appear to be over”
— Eoin Colfer