Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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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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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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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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You do know how to play pinochle?” Mr. D eyed me suspiciously. “I’m afraid not,” I said. “I’m afraid not, sir,” he said. “Well,” he told me, “it is, along with gladiator fighting and Pac-Man, one of the greatest games ever invented by humans. I would expect all civilized young men to know the rules.
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Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.
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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.
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You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
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The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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Always, Always have a plan
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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I’m a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.
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It’s always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
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She had to face the fact that she couldn’t protect everyone she loved. She couldn’t solve every problem.
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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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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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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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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Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
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Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. “Leave it to us, Uncle. I’ve got a plan.” “That,” I said, “sounds like very bad news.
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People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
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The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation.
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