I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
RICK RIORDANShe had to face the fact that she couldn’t protect everyone she loved. She couldn’t solve every problem.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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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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Things will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
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The world may need fixing, but it’s worth preserving.
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Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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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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That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.” Which one is me?” I asked. The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested. Oh, shut up.
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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 was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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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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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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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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Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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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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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.
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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.
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I’m a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.
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If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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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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She had to face the fact that she couldn’t protect everyone she loved. She couldn’t solve every problem.
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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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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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