She had to face the fact that she couldn’t protect everyone she loved. She couldn’t solve every problem.
RICK RIORDANSometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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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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Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” A god named Fred?
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It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed. -Hephaestus
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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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Things will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
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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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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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