Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Artemis Fowl.
Greed Quotes
He still retained a childlike belief in magic, tempered by an
adult determination to exploit it. If there was anybody capable of relieving
the fairies of some of their magical gold, it was Artemis...
Violence Quotes
"I am unarmed. But Butler here, my… ah… butler, has a Sig
Sauer in his shoulder holster, two shrike-throwing knives in his boots, a
derringer two-shot up his sleeve, garrotte wire in his watch,...
Gender Quotes
Commander Root [...] had decided to take offense at the fact
that the first female officer in Recon's history had been assigned to his
squad. [...] Root didn't think it was any place for a girlie....
Race Quotes
If there actually was an innocent goblin, Holly Short had yet
to meet him. They were clogging up the cells now, howling gang chants and
hurling fireballs at each other. (3.9)
Morality (or Moral Ambiguity) Quotes
"Holy water! You have murdered me, human."
"True," admitted Artemis. "It should start to
burn any minute now." (1.92-93)
Technology and Modernization Quotes
Foaly was a paranoid centaur, convinced that human
intelligence agencies were monitoring his transport and surveillance network.
To prevent them from reading his mind, he wore a tinfoil hat at all...
The Environment Quotes
Although she was enjoying the night air, Holly could taste
traces of pollutants. The Mud People destroyed everything they came into
contact with. (3.167)
Family Quotes
Artemis was the closest thing Butler had to a friend, and
Butler was the closest Artemis had to a father, albeit one who obeyed orders.
(1.129)