I want you to know, my dear friend, that without you, I would not be the person I am today." He leaned in close and whispered, "I was a broken boy, and you fixed me. Thank you.

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.

The limit of impossible lies possibility.

God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar.

The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

Love changes what is probable and makes unlikely things possible

Having taxed the economy so hard, it has created a big depression. So we have to create a tax system that could really help growth and investment that is the first thing.

People in cars cause accidents and accidents in cars cause people.

Repentance is the turning of the soul from the way of midnight to the point of the coming sun.

Oh, I've a love, a true, true love, who waits upon yon shore... and if my love won't be my love, then I will live no more.

The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly.