Never bet against a cat.
RICK RIORDANThings will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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Sadie,” he said forlornly, “when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children’s.
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I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don’t have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
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Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
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Humans see what they want to see.
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Things will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
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It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed. -Hephaestus
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Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. “Hang on. What about traps?” He frowned. “Traps?” “Didn’t Egyptian tombs have traps?” “Well…sometimes. But this isn’t a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse—” “Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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Just because you don’t see me doesn’t mean I wasn’t there
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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Is it fair your life burns so short and bright? Death had asked. “No such thing as fair,” Frank told himself. “If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
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We choose to believe in Ma’at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That’s what Egypt is all about.
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Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted. “I will—” “Die?” Carter suggested.
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The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
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