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.
RICK RIORDANWe choose to believe in Ma’at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That’s what Egypt is all about.
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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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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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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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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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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Otrera stayed dead the second time,” Kinzie said, batting her eyes. “We have to thank you for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend…well, I think you’d look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit.” Percy couldn’t tell if she was kidding or not. He politely thanked her and changed seats.
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A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
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I’m a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.
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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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Love was the most savage monster of all.
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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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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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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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