Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
RICK RIORDANDon’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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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You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
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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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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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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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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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When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace
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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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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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They know they’ve won,” Carter guessed. “They’re making a show of it.” “Yes,” Amos said. “Well, let’s blow up the boats or something!” I said. Amos looked at me. “Is that your strategy, honestly?
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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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If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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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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