Airman Quotes

“A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Don’t feel bad; I regularly reduce people to unintelligible stammers.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Other men look up and down, left and right; but men like us are different. We are visionaries.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“A pity to survive night flights over St. Georges Channel only to crack my skull falling from a ladder.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“If things go badly for me tonight, I want you to stay with Mr. Wynter; he will pay you a decent wage.”

“Will he make me bathe?”

“No, he will debate the matter with you until you decide to wash.”

“Ah. One of those.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Scientists are the enemies of tradition , and tradition own all the prisons. - Victor Vigny”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“I have no time for babbling foolishness.”

“Don’t be so hasty,” said Victor. “There’s always time for babbling.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Everything rests on the poisoned wine. If it were just the queen, I could force it down her gullet, but Declan Broekhart would run me through with that damned ceremonial sword, and if his wife's stares were daggers, he'd be dead already. ”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Connor Broekhart was born to fly, or more accurately he was born flying.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“There is always a use for everything, Victor had told him. Even pain.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“All we can hope for is that he will fall into the ocean with a bar of soap in his pocket.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Being part of a secret is a great source of strength.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Conor, I could search the world for another swashbuckling scientist, but I doubt if I would find one like you.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“I must capture the flag,’ he breathed. ‘That’s what a pirate captain is supposed to do. Go to the roof, so I can capture the flag and gloat.’

‘Capture the flag and goat?’

‘Gloat.’

Isabella stood hands on hips. ‘It’s pronounced goooaaat, idiot.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“He had seen bigger men than he with mummy's handkerchief clutched in on hand and a bloody dagger in the other.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Are you an angel or a devil, sir? I need to know. Are you taking me up or down?”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Naturally, we lunatics are the kindest of the bunch.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Today he became a killer, or else a corpse.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“It is like the old fairy tale. The boy saves the princess; they fall in love. He invents a flying machine—along with his dashing teacher, of course. They get married and name their firstborn after the aforementioned dashing teacher.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Catherine Broekhart stepped in from the balcony, where she had been waiting, and joined the embrace. The guard at the door was tempted, but decided against it.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Why don't you write that sentence down and read it? Then perhaps you would realize how insane you are. -Linus Wynter”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“Other men look up and down, left and right,” he said. “But men like us are different. We are visionaries.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“The man was an animal. Base and foul. In a just world he would be the prisoner and Conor a free man.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“It is like the old fairy tale. The boy saves the princess; they fall in love. He invents a flying machine—along with his dashing teacher, of course. They get married and name their firstborn after the aforementioned dashing teacher.” Conor frowned. “I don’t recall that fairy tale from the nursery.” “Trust me, it’s a classic.”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman

“King Nicholas had explained the lense box to”
― Eoin Colfer, Airman