It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
RICK RIORDANNo one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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A person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.
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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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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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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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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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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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If anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)
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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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Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. “Leave it to us, Uncle. I’ve got a plan.” “That,” I said, “sounds like very bad news.
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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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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Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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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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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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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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Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I’d known what was coming, I would’ve called in sick. I could’ve avoided an army of demons, a fight with a Titan, and a trick that almost got my friends and me cast into eternal darkness. But no, I had to take my stupid English exam.
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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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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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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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On 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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The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
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I’m a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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