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When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.


Eoin Colfer

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"Not me!" said Ori...
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EOIN COLFER No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.
EOIN COLFER There is always a use for everything, Victor had told him. Even pain.
EOIN COLFER This was the perfect place to run her. Put her on the lead and put her on the rail, and you're prett...
EOIN HARTY She really hasn't had a lot of experience, but every race she seems to get better and better. She's ...
EOIN HARTY After his last race, I wasn't that shocked at the news. (Fulton) said he just felt the decision was ...
EOIN HARTY He obviously resents being taken back.
EOIN HARTY It doesn't matter how old I get, I always act like an excited five year-old kid with severe ADD ...
CHRIS COLFER To Grandma,
for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever receive...
CHRIS COLFER I was a lone duck in a swan-filled pond who criticized everyone.
CHRIS COLFER Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes ...
CHRIS COLFER You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone...
CHRIS COLFER The world will always choose convenience over reality. It's easier to hate, blame, and fear than it ...
CHRIS COLFER Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.
CHRIS COLFER ...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life wor...
CHRIS COLFER Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen t...
CHRIS COLFER I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best.
CHRIS COLFER A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.
CHRIS COLFER I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was ...
CHRIS COLFER Oh, I have this feud going with the L.A. Unified School District, because I keep getting these phone...
CHRIS COLFER I wonder if people would learn from the Little Mermaid’s heartbreak when she dies at the end of he...
CHRIS COLFER Even after years of constant abuse from her stepmother and her stepsisters, Cinderella remained a go...
CHRIS COLFER Be brave. Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.
CHRIS COLFER Who wouldn't have gone to the ends of the earth to be reunited with the person they loved more than ...
CHRIS COLFER Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as yo...
CHRIS COLFER Once upon a time' These are the most magical words our world has ever known and the gateway to the g...
CHRIS COLFER