Holly clambered after him, struggling up the human-size steps. "Wait! Just wait," she called, overtaking Artemis and looking him in the eye from one step up. "I know you, Artemis. You like to play your genius card close to your chest until the big reveal. And that's worked out for us so far. But this time you need to let me in. I can help. So, tell me the truth, do you have a plan?" Artemis met his friend's gaze and lied to her face. "No," he said. "No plan.

Artemis: I am not buoyed by that. Foaly: You are not supposed to be buoyed by that. You are supposed to be equalized. Mulch: I'm pretty sure that both of you just made really horrible jokes. But I'm not sure because I think you broke my funny bone.

Artemis felt like he was six again and caught hacking the school computers trying to make the test questions harder

I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.

No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.

If you're going to read five books, three should be issues and two for fun.

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