Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDANPeople are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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We were just looking at maps.
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The sea does not like to be restrained.
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Good luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)
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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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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation,” she said. “Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.
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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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You do know how to play pinochle?” Mr. D eyed me suspiciously. “I’m afraid not,” I said. “I’m afraid not, sir,” he said. “Well,” he told me, “it is, along with gladiator fighting and Pac-Man, one of the greatest games ever invented by humans. I would expect all civilized young men to know the rules.
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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
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Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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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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