It's always darkest before dawn

"Artemis Fowl will never be secondary" "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?"

I am swimming with sharks and I am prepared to become one of them.

Well, I don't like the first bit and I don't know the last bit. So I'm really hoping the middle bit is exceptional.

I'm sorry, Arty,' she whispered into his ear. 'Sorry for what?' 'For everything. For the last few months, I haven't been myself. But things are going to change. Time to stop living in the past.' Artemis felt a tear on his cheek. He wasn't sure whose tear it was.