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 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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Nice creepy reptile,” Frank said, very aware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. “Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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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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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.
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I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you must write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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The world may need fixing, but it’s worth preserving.
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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