The Opal Deception Quotes

“Friendship isn't a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“That's the last order I'll ever give you Captain. Don't you dare ignore it.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Hilarious, dude. You should, like, have your own show.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Holly: Seven and a half hours to save the world. Isn’t there some law that says we get twenty-four?

Artemis: I don't think Opal pays much attention to laws.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“My truffles? You took them? That's just mean!”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Yes, Chix, it's between us. Everyone has a right to be temporarily unstable.
- Foaly”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“If we make it through this, we will be friends. Bonded by trauma.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“He's a gem, sir. I wish I had one just like him." He rattled the ring of keys on Artemis's belt. "And what are these?" Artemis scratched his head. "Uh, keys?”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“I do remember, Holly. I remember it all. Especially you. It's a real comfort to have you here.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“It's a game box. They were invented so teenagers wouldn't have to talk to grownups.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Some people just needed to be stolen from.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Mulch was not impressed. “I’m not impressed,”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“The thought of revenge always gave her a warm fuzzy feeling.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“For almost a year, Opal Koboi had languished in the padded-cell wing of the J. Argon Clinic, showing no response to the medical warlocks who tried to revive her. In all that time, she spoke not a single word, ate not a mouthful of food, and exhibited no response to stimuli. At first the authorities were suspicious. It is an act! they declared. Koboi is faking catatonia to avoid prosecution. But as the months rolled by, even the most skeptical were convinced. No one could pretend to be in a coma for almost a year. Surely not. A fairy would have to be totally obsessed. . . . CHAPTER 1
TOTALLY OBSESSED”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“he would simply have to repress the emotions he was experiencing. Very unhealthy, psychologically speaking”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Giving evidence against one's employers was the first step to unemployment.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“He could be like a modern-day Robin Hood: steal from the rich and give to the poor. Well, maybe just steal from the rich. One step at a time.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“It’s a strange feeling not to know who you are exactly.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“The Brill brothers fled to the cockpit, trying to simultaneously bow, look at their feet, not think anything dangerous, and above all, not pass wind.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Koboi before, and I will do it again. This determination was fuelled by sadness.”
― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception

“Are you backing out, Mulch? Or is this just the usual moaning?”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“There was another thought, more persistent than the rest. It crashed into his mind like a tsunami: I have friends. Thought Artemis Fowl the Second.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Friendship is not a science, Mud Boy. Forget about your massive brain for one minute. Just do what you feel is right.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“She had never heard Artemis sound so warm, so sincere. Usually emotional displays were difficult for the boy and he stumbled through them awkwardly. This wasn’t like him at all.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“It was a smart move.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“push it with your face.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“little DIY cave,”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Koboi.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“was gone. Artemis was dead. Butler was dead. How could she go on? What was the point? Tears dropped from her lashes, running into tiny cracks in the concrete.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception

“Willkommen,”
― Eoin Colfer, The Opal Deception