Artemis Fowl Quotes

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)