People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
RICK RIORDANSome pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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What are you?” She demanded. “My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?” Dad looked at Anubis. “What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.” “You didn’t need to tell me that.” Anubis’s face was grave. “I’ve learned to fear that sharp tongue.” Sadie looked outraged. “Excuse me?
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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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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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Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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Knowledge isn’t always good for you.
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Frank stared at him. “Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it’s unfair that I can be an elephant?” Percy considered. “Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you’re totally beast-” “Just shut up,” Frank said. “Please.” Percy cracked a smile.
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We were just looking at maps.
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Good luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)
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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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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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Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control traffic.” You both sound like my mother,” I said. Shut up!” they both said in union.
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