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.
RICK RIORDANYou began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.
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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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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.
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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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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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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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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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Humans see what they want to see.
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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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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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The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation.
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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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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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