I have a lovely office at the back of my house; it's an old stable and you can see right out to the countryside on one side and into the house on the other side.

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.

A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.

Our media and political system has turned into a mutual protection racket.

No man knows till he experiences it, what it is like to feel his own life-blood drawn away into the woman he loves.

Can't is the cancer of happening.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

The human being, creature of eyes, needs the image.

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself.

Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter - but beautiful - struggle for a new world.

I really believe that we have the power to manifest our own fates.

I have seen people rude by being over-polite.