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 RIORDANyour 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.
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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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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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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The sea does not like to be restrained.
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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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If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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Whathat!” Tyson gasped. “Those are the stables for the pegasi,” I replied, “You know, winged horses?” “Whasthat!” “Um… those are the toilets.
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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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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dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
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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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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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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 have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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