Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
RICK RIORDANI 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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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A person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.
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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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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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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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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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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.
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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos’s traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty Percy. You do not know when it is time to cut your losses. To save a friend you would sacrifice the world.
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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
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Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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On the bright side,” Percy said, “both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.
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