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.
RICK RIORDANYoung people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
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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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Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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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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Sadie,” he said forlornly, “when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children’s.
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Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.” “Combat time?” Piper grabbed her horn of plenty. “I hate wonder bread,” Jason said. Together, they charged.
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Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.
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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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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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