Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to “‘clean'” it, and suddenly you can’t find anything?
RICK RIORDANI’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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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I’m a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.
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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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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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Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.
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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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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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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
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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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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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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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I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.
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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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