The sea does not like to be restrained.
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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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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. “Leave it to us, Uncle. I’ve got a plan.” “That,” I said, “sounds like very bad news.
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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Love was the most savage monster of all.
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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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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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Knowledge isn’t always good for you.
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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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Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)
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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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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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Just because you don’t see me doesn’t mean I wasn’t there
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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. “Hang on. What about traps?” He frowned. “Traps?” “Didn’t Egyptian tombs have traps?” “Well…sometimes. But this isn’t a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse—” “Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.
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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.
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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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Humans see what they want to see.
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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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