I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.
RICK RIORDANPercy 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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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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I don’t care what your nose says! The last time you smelled half-blood, it turned out to be a meatloaf sandwich!” “Meatloaf sandwiches are good! But this is a half-blood scent, I swear. They are on board!” “Bah, your brain isn’t on board!
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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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Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don’t have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
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You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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Nice creepy reptile,” Frank said, very aware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. “Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile.
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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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Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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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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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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We were just looking at maps.
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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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The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation.
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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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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Brother,” Artemis chided. “You do not help my Hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart.
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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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