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„Es konnte nie schaden zu wissen, wo sich das ortsansässige Getier so rumtrieb.“

„Er setzte seine finsterste Miene auf. Böse, sagte er sich, böse, aber hoch intelligent. Und entschlossen, vergiss die Entschlossenheit nicht. […] Er öffnete die Tür.

»Guten Abend«, grüßte er, ganz der perfekte Gastgeber, wenn auch ein hinterhältiger, böser, intelligenter und entschlossener.

Root stand, die leeren Hände demonstrativ ausgestreckt, vor der Tür. Die universale Geste für: Sieh her, ich trage keine große, mörderische Waffe.“

„Immer zwei Schritte voraus, unser Master Artemis. Die Leute sagten, er sei ganz aus dem alten Holz geschnitzt. Doch sie irrten sich. Master Artemis war aus nagelneuem Holz, von einer Sorte, die noch keiner gesehen hatte.“

„Wir machen dem Zirkus ein Ende."
"Verstehe. Und das da sind die Clowns?"
Foaly steckte seinen Kopf durch die Tür. "Entschuldigen Sie, wenn ich Ihre kunstvolle Zirkusmetapher unterbreche, aber was zum Teufel ist das?“

„In dieser Nacht würde Geschichte geschrieben. Und es war nicht die erhebende Art von Geschichte wie bei der Entdeckung der Radioaktivität oder dem ersten Mann auf dem Mond, sondern die finstere Art à la spanische Inquisition oder Absturz der Hindenburg. Finster für Menschen und Unterirdische. Finster für alle.“

„Hat dich jemand reinkommen sehen?"
"Ja, das FBI, die CIA, die NSA, die DEA und das MI6. Ach ja, und die GPB."
"Die GPB?"
"Gesamte Polizeibelegschaft.“

„Du hast ja keine Ahnung, was du getan hast. Die beiden Welten auf diese Weise zusammenzubringen, könnte uns alle ins Unglück stürzen."
"Uns alle interessiert mich nicht, mir geht es nur um mich. Und glauben Sie mir, Captain, mir wird nicht das Geringste passieren.“

„Sie haben diesen Mistkerl genau da erwischt, wo es wehtut: bei seinem Ehrgeiz.“

„Wenn ich gewinne, wird man sagen, ich sei ein Genie, wenn ich verliere, wird es heißen, ich sei übergeschnappt. So wird Geschichte geschrieben.“

„Ich höre mir das nicht länger an. Jede Sekunde, die ich mit dir spreche, ist eine verlorene Sekunde."
Da blickte Root ihm direkt in die Augen.
"Das macht dann, alles in allem, gut sechshundert verlorene Jahre, was, mein“

„Mit genau einem Meter Körpergröße lag Holly nur einen Zentimeter unter dem Elfendurchschnitt, aber ein Zentimeter kann verdammt viel ausmachen, wenn er einem fehlt.“

“Artemis: I am not buoyed by that.
Foaly: You are not supposed to be buoyed by that. You are supposed to be equalized.
Mulch: I'm pretty sure that both of you just made really horrible jokes. But I'm not sure because I think you broke my funny bone.”

“When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?”

“Quickly, Holly," said Artemis urgently. "Follow those bubbles."

Holly opened the throttle. "Now there's an order I never thought I'd hear from you.”

“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.”

“That's the last order I'll ever give you Captain. Don't you dare ignore it.”

“The only other scenario that could explain everything, up to and including your own bizarre apperance, is a convoluted conspiracy theory involving the Russian Mafia and a crack team of plastic surgeons.”

“Remember this? You gave it to me for ensuring your trigger finger got reattached to your hand. You said it would remind me of that spark of decency inside me. I'm trying to do something decent now, Captain.”

“Friendship isn't a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.”

“And I will not be beaten by that jackass."

"Jackass?" said Foaly, wounded. "My favorite uncle is a jackass.”

“He threw his head back and sang, "'I am a centaur, yes, a centaur is what I am.' It's not like you to wax, Artemis"

"Foaly is singing," said Holly. "Surely that's illegal?”

“A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.”

“She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy, when the so-called counselors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees.

-Artemis Fowl”

“We're being led by an idiot with a crayon.”

“And it's amazing how much noise people ignoring each other can make.”

“Don’t feel bad; I regularly reduce people to unintelligible stammers.”

“Nobody's death is impending."
…"Well technically everyone's death is impending.”

“Onscreen, Foaly rubbed his eyelids with his index fingers.
"Yeah, yeah. Here we go. Captain Short goes rogue once more. Hands up who's surprised. Anyone?”

“The next minute or so was spent howling on the ceiling. Imp No.1 joined in, but he wasn't really feeling it. It shouldn't be "Who do we hate?", he thought, it really should be "whom", but this probably wasn't a good time to bring that up.”

“Other men look up and down, left and right; but men like us are different. We are visionaries.”

“Grab some caviar from the kitchen. You wouldn't believe the muck they feed us in Bartleby's for ten thousand a term.”

“Well, I don't like the first bit and I don't know the last bit. So I'm really hoping the middle bit is exceptional.”

“Is that how you're going to take me? Scare me into voluntarily coming aboard, then steal my Ice Cube?"

"It's always cubes with you," noted Foaly, somewhat randomly. "What's wrong with a nice sphere?”

“Who or what inspires you?"
"I must admit that I often read my own articles in scientific journals and inspire myself.”

“I'm LEP. A captain. No rent-a-cop gnome is going to stand in the way of my orders.”

“… Hardly. A ragged apron does not a waiter make.”

“There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the Universe is there a single gravestone that reads 'He Loved Everything About His Life, Especially the Dying Bit at the End'.”

“Holly frowned at her. "Glad to see you've forgiven yourself so quickly."
"Harboring feelings of guilt can have a negative affect on mental health."
"Child geniuses," growled Holly.
"Genii," said Minerva.”

“Argh? Pathetic and inarticulate. Nice combination. Your mothers must be so proud.”

“(about Dr. Po) Just another quack spouting psychobabble.”