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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.

Rick Riordan

With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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Come Great Later Nap Need Power Take Wake
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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Always Escape People Pull Punishment Something Told Wonderful Young
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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Become City Father Foremost Greatest Hardest Job One Parent Understand
You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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Anything Forge Mean Must Own Path
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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All Bad Ding Dong Giant Go Goddess People Country Throw Well
Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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Now Sometimes Strength Wisdom
You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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Compell Else Matter Mothing Write
I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you must write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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Go Know Let Matter Must Spire Subject Tell Write Writer
Humans see what they want to see.
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Human Look Visible Vision Want
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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Dangerous Easy Evil Fight Flaw Good Lack Moderation Most Wisdom
The world may need fixing, but it’s worth preserving.
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Fix May Ned Preserve World Worth
Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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Hello Me Star Sun Tell
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
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Break Difficult Fix Machine More People Person Work
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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Doubt Know Matter Mist Much Them Through Truth
Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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Everyone Fairness Get Mean Need Same
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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Always Being Bitter Brilliant Easy Horrible Inventor Make Mistake Misunderstand

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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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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