The thing about a diversion is that it has to be diverting.
Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl.
“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
“It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.”
“I don't like lollipops.”
“A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.”
“Ambition had a price, and that price was friendship.”
“I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?”
“Somehow the idea of Montgomery as a fairy doesn't have the same effect on me as it appears to have on you.-Raphael”
“To Stanley Ager, the gift of human "service" was no one-way loyalty. He clearly gave his all to the families he served but, though he was almost too polite to state this, his expectation of loyalty...”
“It was no time for mercy, it was time to terminate with extreme prejudice.”
“The eye is diverted from the real business, it is caught by the spectacular action that means nothing--nothing at all.”
“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”
“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”
“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”