Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
RICK RIORDANThe 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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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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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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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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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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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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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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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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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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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Frank stared at him. “Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it’s unfair that I can be an elephant?” Percy considered. “Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you’re totally beast-” “Just shut up,” Frank said. “Please.” Percy cracked a smile.
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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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