No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
RICK RIORDANFor what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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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Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation.
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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What are you?” She demanded. “My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?” Dad looked at Anubis. “What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.” “You didn’t need to tell me that.” Anubis’s face was grave. “I’ve learned to fear that sharp tongue.” Sadie looked outraged. “Excuse me?
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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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Love was the most savage monster of all.
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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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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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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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Things will work out – maybe just not the way you 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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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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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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Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)
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