Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
RICK RIORDANBeing 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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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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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 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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Frank stared at him. “Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it’s unfair that I can be an elephant?” Percy considered. “Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you’re totally beast-” “Just shut up,” Frank said. “Please.” Percy cracked a smile.
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Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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What are you?” She demanded. “My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?” Dad looked at Anubis. “What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.” “You didn’t need to tell me that.” Anubis’s face was grave. “I’ve learned to fear that sharp tongue.” Sadie looked outraged. “Excuse me?
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Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
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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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Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.
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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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A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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Never bet against a cat.
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I don’t care what your nose says! The last time you smelled half-blood, it turned out to be a meatloaf sandwich!” “Meatloaf sandwiches are good! But this is a half-blood scent, I swear. They are on board!” “Bah, your brain isn’t on board!
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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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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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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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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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