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 RIORDANPeople are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
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Good luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don’t have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” A god named Fred?
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation,” she said. “Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.
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People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
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For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.
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I don’t care what your nose says! The last time you smelled half-blood, it turned out to be a meatloaf sandwich!” “Meatloaf sandwiches are good! But this is a half-blood scent, I swear. They are on board!” “Bah, your brain isn’t on board!
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