Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
RICK RIORDANOtrera stayed dead the second time,” Kinzie said, batting her eyes. “We have to thank you for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend…well, I think you’d look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit.” Percy couldn’t tell if she was kidding or not. He politely thanked her and changed seats.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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Good luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)
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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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Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don’t pick up a book are engaged with what I’m writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I’ve done my job.
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You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” A god named Fred?
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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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