“Artemis: If I win I'm a prodigy. If I lose then I'm mad. That is the way history is written.”

—  Eoin Colfer , Artemis Fowl

Variant: If I win, I'm a prodigy. If I lose, then I'm crazy. That's the way history is written.
Source: Artemis Fowl (2001)

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Irish author of children's books 1965

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