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
RICK RIORDANSadie,” 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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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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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dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
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You do know how to play pinochle?” Mr. D eyed me suspiciously. “I’m afraid not,” I said. “I’m afraid not, sir,” he said. “Well,” he told me, “it is, along with gladiator fighting and Pac-Man, one of the greatest games ever invented by humans. I would expect all civilized young men to know the rules.
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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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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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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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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Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.
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When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace
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