There is always a use for everything, Victor had told him. Even pain.

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.

L'esercizio rende perfetti, ma nessuno è perfetto, quindi perché esercitarsi?

Perfect is a dream that you wake up from and spend forever trying to remember.

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.

I don't want'a die... I have other plans!

I love John Ashbery. He's the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he's given that or not, he is to me.

Everything looks like a failure in the middle.

We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop, but fortunately we've been able to make the big buckets and rely on our defense for once.

For any practice to work, the mind which is meditating on the object must merge. Often they are facing each other. One has to become completely absorbed, then the transformation will occur.