But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
RICK RIORDANI 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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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They know they’ve won,” Carter guessed. “They’re making a show of it.” “Yes,” Amos said. “Well, let’s blow up the boats or something!” I said. Amos looked at me. “Is that your strategy, honestly?
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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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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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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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.
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Things will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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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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Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
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Love was the most savage monster of all.
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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted. “I will—” “Die?” Carter suggested.
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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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