The Hangman's Revolution Quotes

“Here we go again, boys. Off on another adventure. This time busting Riley's brother out of prison. There will be danger; there will be spills and thrills. There will be knives and there will be guns and there will be people saying stupid things at the worst possible time."
"Probably me!" said Bob cheerfully.
"So we need a motto, something to keep us going when the odds are against us."
"Like the wind beneath our wings?" asked Riley.
"No, not like that. And thanks for putting that song in my head, by the way.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution

“I often think I should just abandon the whole thing. I really do. Time travel could be a gift to humanity. Whoever controls it could do some real good for mankind. But you have to ask yourself, with humanity's track record, is that likely?
- Professor Charles Smart”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution

“Trying to trace the consequences of time travel is like a monkey with no thumbs trying to reassemble an exploded bomb, at night, wearing clown gloves.
- Professor Charles Smart”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution

“And surely the ultimate point of weapons training was to kill humans.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution

“Malarkey opened his arms, for they were the ones that held Chevie, and he pushed her on to a bench. "Tell me now, Injun, is you gonna row in, or act out? If'n it's number two, then I shall brain you without delay, but if you gives me your pledge that we stand on the same bank of the river, so to speak, then spit and shake and let's be finishing this revolution for once and for all."
A long speech under the circumstances, but Otto had always been overly fond of the sound of his own voice, and Chevie understood the gist despite the unfamiliar terms.
Spit and shake? She did not fancy that.
"Just shake, Otto, OK? A big mouth like yours makes a lot of spit, and I've had enough disgusting liquid for one day."
Otto grunted and shook, and during the shake both shakers were coincidentally thinking along identical lines.
Once this is all over, we two need to have a talk about respect.
"Hmph," said Otto.
"Yep," said Chevie.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution

“Sometimes I feel like people aren't listening to me. I spend ninety minutes up here talking about the dangers of time travel, advising you to stay the hell away from time travel, and the first question I get is: 'Do you think time travel will be available commercially?' Then again, I spend every waking hour bent over quantum equations, so I guess I don't listen to me, either.
- Professor Charles Smart”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution

“It's now or never, thought Otto.
Now, now! thought Witmeyer.
And so Ram kissed Thundercat, and suddenly neither bed of roses nor mountain slope could compare with Her Majesty's sewer for romance. In fact, from this moment on, Otto Malarkey could never so much as sniff a chamber pot without a faraway look creeping into his eyes.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution

“A guy walks into a bar, and says to the barman: 'Gimme one whiskey for myself and ten billion for all my possible alternate selves.'
- Professor Charles Smart”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution

“Time travel causes chaos, and chaos doesn't follow your rules. That's why it's called chaos, dummy.
- Professor Charles Smart”
― Eoin Colfer, The Hangman's Revolution