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


Eoin Colfer

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The ma...
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"Not me!" said Ori...
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And be ashamed—

I, too, am America...
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Fill up your face,
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The better the base!
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'Nope,' I replied.
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EOIN COLFER This might hurt a little is universal code for this will definitely hurt a lot
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The ma...
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EOIN COLFER I am not exuding anything," said Holly through gritted teeth.

Orion tapped her shoulder. ...
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EOIN COLFER I'm the nut!
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"Of course we did. ...
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Holly opened the throttle...
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EOIN COLFER Me," Artemis blurted. "I'm the nut."
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EOIN COLFER So, what did you get for me?"
Angeline paused for a beat. "Jeans."
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Foaly: "Smite it wi...
EOIN COLFER Oh, I'm crazy all right. I do have plenty of psychoses. Multiple personality, delusional dementia, O...
EOIN COLFER Can we please focus? We are supposed to be professionals." Holly said.

"Not me!" said Ori...
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EOIN COLFER All we can hope for is that he will fall into the ocean with a bar of soap in his pocket.
EOIN COLFER Stupid. Stupid. Foaly, we are both imbeciles. I don't expect lateral thinking from the LEP, but from...
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EOIN COLFER They have gone. And the tunnel is about to close. So, boys, I am looking for someone to blame.
EOIN COLFER HOLLY: Are you suggesting I occasionally stray from the rule book?
FOALY: No. I'm suggesting yo...
EOIN COLFER Genius inspires resentment. A sad fact of life.
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EOIN COLFER This was the perfect place to run her. Put her on the lead and put her on the rail, and you're prett...
EOIN HARTY She really hasn't had a lot of experience, but every race she seems to get better and better. She's ...
EOIN HARTY After his last race, I wasn't that shocked at the news. (Fulton) said he just felt the decision was ...
EOIN HARTY He obviously resents being taken back.
EOIN HARTY It doesn't matter how old I get, I always act like an excited five year-old kid with severe ADD ...
CHRIS COLFER To Grandma,
for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever receive...
CHRIS COLFER I was a lone duck in a swan-filled pond who criticized everyone.
CHRIS COLFER Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes ...
CHRIS COLFER You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone...
CHRIS COLFER The world will always choose convenience over reality. It's easier to hate, blame, and fear than it ...
CHRIS COLFER Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.
CHRIS COLFER ...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life wor...
CHRIS COLFER Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen t...
CHRIS COLFER I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best.
CHRIS COLFER A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.
CHRIS COLFER I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was ...
CHRIS COLFER Oh, I have this feud going with the L.A. Unified School District, because I keep getting these phone...
CHRIS COLFER I wonder if people would learn from the Little Mermaid’s heartbreak when she dies at the end of he...
CHRIS COLFER Even after years of constant abuse from her stepmother and her stepsisters, Cinderella remained a go...
CHRIS COLFER Be brave. Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.
CHRIS COLFER Who wouldn't have gone to the ends of the earth to be reunited with the person they loved more than ...
CHRIS COLFER Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as yo...
CHRIS COLFER Once upon a time' These are the most magical words our world has ever known and the gateway to the g...
CHRIS COLFER