Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
RICK RIORDANOn the bright side,” Percy said, “both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.
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Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.” “Combat time?” Piper grabbed her horn of plenty. “I hate wonder bread,” Jason said. Together, they charged.
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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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Just because you don’t see me doesn’t mean I wasn’t there
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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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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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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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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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It’s natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.
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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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Whathat!” Tyson gasped. “Those are the stables for the pegasi,” I replied, “You know, winged horses?” “Whasthat!” “Um… those are the toilets.
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Most of Set’s forces were running towards our boat, screaming and throwing rocks (which tended to fall down and hit them, but no one says demons are bright).
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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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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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