If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
RICK RIORDANIs 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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Always, Always have a plan
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Love was the most savage monster of all.
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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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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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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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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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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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dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
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I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don’t pick up a book are engaged with what I’m writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I’ve done my job.
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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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I don’t care what your nose says! The last time you smelled half-blood, it turned out to be a meatloaf sandwich!” “Meatloaf sandwiches are good! But this is a half-blood scent, I swear. They are on board!” “Bah, your brain isn’t on board!
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Frank nodded grimly. “Well…any goddess who throws a Ding Dong at a giant can’t be all bad. Let’s go.
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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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People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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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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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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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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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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Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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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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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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I’ve been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain,” she said. “Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you’re going to save the world, I’m the best person to keep you from messing up.
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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