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Airman

Eoin Colfer

Top 10 Best 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.”

“Don’t feel bad; I regularly reduce people to unintelligible stammers.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“I have no time for babbling foolishness.” “Don’t be so hasty,” said Victor. “There’s always time for babbling.”

“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. ”

“Connor Broekhart was born to fly, or more accurately he was born flying.”

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

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Book Keywords:

perception, ladder, humor, airman, men, optimism, fall, pity, inspirational, flight, future

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