Plugged Quotes

“I have it on very good authority that I have a lovely pee-pee, so lay off.”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged

“I'm on my feet, pacing around the room, punching a fist into my palm, which I stop doing when I realise how drama queen it feels.”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged

“I tried to talk about National Geographic one night, and Jason gave me a look like I was insulting him, so I moved on to a safer subject: which of the girls have implants.”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged

“I am not qualified to deal with this. Why does everyone I meet seem to have mental problems?

Ah...but did they have mental problems before meeting you? Who’s the common denominator here, Dan?

I do not have mental problems! I say to the voice in my head, perfectly aware how damning it would sound were I to say it aloud.”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged

“The great Stephen King once wrote don’t sweat the small stuff, which I mulled over for long enough to realise that I don’t entirely agree with it. I get what he means: we all have enough major sorrow in our lives without freaking out over the day-today hangnails and such, but sometimes sweating the small stuff helps you make it through the big stuff.”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged

“Deacon laughs. ‘People like you and me, Dan, trouble sniffs us out. Maybe you can hide out for a while, maybe even a few years, but eventually someone needs to be saved or someone needs to be killed.”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged

“This is working out pretty well, all things considered. My giddy side wants to giggle, but I choke it down. Later for the girlishness.”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged

“I am surprised. ‘A disk? A bloody disk. What do I look like to you? Jason goddamn Bourne?”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged

“M...maybe,’ I stutter. ‘Whatever the reason, this woman has problems. We need to be compassionate, show understanding.’

‘Or slice her head off. I have plastic bags.’

Sure. We could toss her in the car beside her partner, then drive to the mall where I dumped Macey and line up all three bodies together in the Lexus. Hell, why not steal Connie’s corpse from the morgue to complete the set?”
― Eoin Colfer, Plugged