Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. “Hang on. What about traps?” He frowned. “Traps?” “Didn’t Egyptian tombs have traps?” “Well…sometimes. But this isn’t a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse—” “Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.
RICK RIORDANYou have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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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A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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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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It’s always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
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Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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Humans see what they want to see.
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The sea does not like to be restrained.
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If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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Otrera stayed dead the second time,” Kinzie said, batting her eyes. “We have to thank you for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend…well, I think you’d look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit.” Percy couldn’t tell if she was kidding or not. He politely thanked her and changed seats.
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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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