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.
RICK RIORDANJust because you don’t see me doesn’t mean I wasn’t there
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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We choose to believe in Ma’at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That’s what Egypt is all about.
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If anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)
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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.
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Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to “‘clean'” it, and suddenly you can’t find anything?
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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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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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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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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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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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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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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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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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Is it fair your life burns so short and bright? Death had asked. “No such thing as fair,” Frank told himself. “If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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