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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More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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Love was the most savage monster of all.
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Never bet against a cat.
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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.
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That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.” Which one is me?” I asked. The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested. Oh, shut up.
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We were just looking at maps.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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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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Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. “Hang on. What about traps?” He frowned. “Traps?” “Didn’t Egyptian tombs have traps?” “Well…sometimes. But this isn’t a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse—” “Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.
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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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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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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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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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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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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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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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Most of Set’s forces were running towards our boat, screaming and throwing rocks (which tended to fall down and hit them, but no one says demons are bright).
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Always, Always have a plan
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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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You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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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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