Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
RICK RIORDANYoung people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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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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Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)
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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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Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to “‘clean'” it, and suddenly you can’t find anything?
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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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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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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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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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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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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