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.
RICK RIORDANNever bet against a cat.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.
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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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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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She had to face the fact that she couldn’t protect everyone she loved. She couldn’t solve every problem.
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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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Never bet against a cat.
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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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You do know how to play pinochle?” Mr. D eyed me suspiciously. “I’m afraid not,” I said. “I’m afraid not, sir,” he said. “Well,” he told me, “it is, along with gladiator fighting and Pac-Man, one of the greatest games ever invented by humans. I would expect all civilized young men to know the rules.
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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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Chaos is impatient. It’s random. And above all it’s selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want.
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I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you must write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.
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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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Love was the most savage monster of all.
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