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.
RICK RIORDANCan’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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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The sea does not like to be restrained.
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When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace
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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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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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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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If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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It’s natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.
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You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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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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We choose to believe in Ma’at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That’s what Egypt is all about.
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She had to face the fact that she couldn’t protect everyone she loved. She couldn’t solve every problem.
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A person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.
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