Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
RICK RIORDANThey 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?
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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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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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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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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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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Humans see what they want to see.
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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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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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Good luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)
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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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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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A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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