Benny and Omar Quotes

“Benny was awake again. Happened every morning.”
― Eoin Colfer, Benny and Omar

“The name's Bond. James Omar Bond.”
― Eoin Colfer, Benny and Omar

“Ma was using her for-company voice. Sweet on the outside but with an underlying death threat.”
― Eoin Colfer, Benny and Omar

“The two of them went down in a heap, with not even a turkey to break their fall.”
― Eoin Colfer, Benny and Omar

“In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.”
― Eoin Colfer, Benny and Omar

“Sounded like girls. Mixed feelings on that score. He didn't despise them with the same passion he used to. In fact, Benny suspected that there would come a time in the not-too-distant future when he might develop a mysterious interest in them.”
― Eoin Colfer, Benny and Omar

“Now, Benny was no eejit. He wasn't expecting the Tunisian nationals to be Irish. What he did expect was darkish people with Irishy personalities.

That was not what he got.

The Tunisians weren't interested in conforming to Benny's preconceptions. They stubbornly insisted on being themselves.”
― Eoin Colfer, Benny and Omar