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.
RICK RIORDANKnowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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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Frank nodded grimly. “Well…any goddess who throws a Ding Dong at a giant can’t be all bad. Let’s go.
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Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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Things will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
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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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Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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They know they’ve won,” Carter guessed. “They’re making a show of it.” “Yes,” Amos said. “Well, let’s blow up the boats or something!” I said. Amos looked at me. “Is that your strategy, honestly?
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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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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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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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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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A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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