Eoin Colfer Quotes
Inside the mirrored elevator, Mulch used a telescopic pointer to push P for the penthouse. For the first few months he had jumped to reach the button, but that was undignified behavior for a millionaire. And besides, he was certain that Art could hear the thumping from the security desk.
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code. Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, 2003.
This was not always true in America but became so in the 20th century. It was true to some extent even earlier in England – see {630505}. Then it also became true in some other industrial democracies.
Due to the 6 to 1 male to female ratio in the American Colonies, women were in a very good position to marry whom they chose and often married “above their station”. This quote is the dialogue of a lower class colonial window who inherited American land as a result of her husband’s death. In the play she marries twice above her station each time accumulating more and more wealth. Although this was a play, it was based on Bacon’s Rebellion and life in the American colonies around 1690.
Eoin Colfer is an Irish author of children's books. He worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer. He is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series. In September 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth instalment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, entitled And Another Thing ..., which was published in October 2009. In October 2016, in a contract with Marvel Comics, he released Iron Man: The Gauntlet. He served as Laureate na nÓg (Ireland's Children's Laureate) between 2014 and 2016.
