your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos’s traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty Percy. You do not know when it is time to cut your losses. To save a friend you would sacrifice the world.
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I’ve been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain,” she said. “Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you’re going to save the world, I’m the best person to keep you from messing up.
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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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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It’s always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
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The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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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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dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
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Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
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Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
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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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Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
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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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The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
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Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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Chaos is impatient. It’s random. And above all it’s selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want.
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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I’d known what was coming, I would’ve called in sick. I could’ve avoided an army of demons, a fight with a Titan, and a trick that almost got my friends and me cast into eternal darkness. But no, I had to take my stupid English exam.
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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Love was the most savage monster of all.
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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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The sea does not like to be restrained.
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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.
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