Otrera stayed dead the second time,” Kinzie said, batting her eyes. “We have to thank you for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend…well, I think you’d look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit.” Percy couldn’t tell if she was kidding or not. He politely thanked her and changed seats.
RICK RIORDANI 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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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 was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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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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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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If anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)
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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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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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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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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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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.
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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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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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