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
RICK RIORDANThe right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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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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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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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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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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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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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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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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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Frank nodded grimly. “Well…any goddess who throws a Ding Dong at a giant can’t be all bad. Let’s go.
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You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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Nice creepy reptile,” Frank said, very aware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. “Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile.
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.
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