Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
RICK RIORDANIt 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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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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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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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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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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When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace
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Good luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)
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Percy 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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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
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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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The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.
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Always, Always have a plan
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