Rick Riordan · 1744 pages
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“Let us find the dam snack bar,’ Zoë said. ‘We should eat while we can.’ Grover cracked a smile. ‘The dam snack bar?’ Zoë blinked. ‘Yes. What is funny?’ ‘Nothing,’ Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. ‘I could use some dam French fries.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey – when you’re the son of Poseidon, you don’t have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“She looked a lot better. In fact, she shimmered with health, as if someone had injected her with glitter.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“I take vitamins. For my ears.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“He turned to look at me straight on, and I saw a kind of purplish fire in his eyes, a hint that this whiny, plump little man was only showing me the tiniest bit of his true nature. I saw visions of grape vines choking unbelievers to death, drunken warriors insane with battle lust, sailors screaming as their hands turned to flippers, their faces elongating into dolphin snouts. I knew that if I pushed him, Mr D would show me worse things. He would plant a disease in my brain that would leave me wearing a straitjacket in a rubber room for the rest of my life. ‘Would you like to test me, child?’ he said quietly. ‘No. No, sir.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“Braccas meas vescimini!’ I yelled. I wasn’t sure where the Latin came from. I think it meant ‘Eat my pants!”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“Let us find the dam snack bar,”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“Annabeth is the most level-headed demigod”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“tag. The underwater lady smiled at me. ‘You’ve come”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“With great power … comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“It made sense, and I felt kind of stupid. I’d been hanging around dryads”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“For a friend,’ Tyson said, twisting his shirt in his hands. ‘Young Cyclopes grow up alone on the streets, learn to make things out of scraps. Learn to survive.’ ‘But that’s so cruel!’ He shook his head earnestly. ‘Makes us appreciate blessings, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus. But I got scared. Monsters chased me so much, clawed me sometimes –”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“You invented the internet?’ It was my idea, Martha said. Rats are delicious, George said.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“I need to talk to Clarisse,’ Annabeth said. I stared at her as if she’d just said I need to eat a large smelly boot.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“Yeah, great timing. Now I could attack the walls all I wanted. My cell had no bars, no windows, not even a door. The skeletal guards shoved me straight through a wall and it became solid behind me. I wasn’t sure if the room was airtight. Probably. Hades’ dungeon was meant for dead people, and they don’t breathe. So forget fifty or sixty years. I’d be dead in fifty or sixty minutes. Meanwhile,”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set
“ 13 Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are, and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old.”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, quote from The LDS Scriptures: Unabridged Complete King James Version Holy Bible /The Book of Mormon / Doctrine and Covenants / The Pearl of Great Price
“To The Lilies among Thistles, Just like a lily, a beautiful life does not just happen overnight. It is built daily through informed choices, commitment, faith and prayer. The journey towards becoming A Proverbs 31 Lady cannot therefore be taken lightly. It is a difficult, challenging journey filled with both laughter and tears, but a fulfilling one as you will soon find out. If you commit to becoming this woman just one day at a time, it will change not just your relationships but also your whole life.Consider it as a challenge, from one virtuous woman to the other.”
― Mary Maina, quote from The Proverbs 31 Lady: Unveiling Her Secrets Before Saying I Do
“Unë nuk jam ithtar i një arti tepër subjektiv. Poezia ime ka qenë për mua një mjet për të zotëruar vetveten. Ajo më jepte mundësinë të shikoja ku kalonte vija matanë së cilës falsiteti i tonit dëshmon falsitetin e qëndrimit dhe të bëja të gjitha përpjekjet për të mos e shkelur. Përvoja e viteve të luftës më mësoi se nuk është e udhës ta marrësh penën me qëllimin e vetëm për t’u komunikuar të tjerëve hidhërimin vetjak dhe sfilitjen e brendshme – sepse kjo është një lëndë e dobët, përftimi i së cilës kërkon aq pak mund sa që ky akt nuk të jep të drejtën e respektimit të vetvetes. Kushdo që ka parë të bëhet hi një qytet me një milion banorë dhe kilometra të tëra rrugësh të tij pa asnjë gjurmë jete, madje as edhe një mace, as edhe një qen pa zot, i kujton me ironi përshkrimet prej poetëve bashkëkohorë të ferrit të qyteteve të mëdha - në të vërtetë ferri i shpirtit të tyre. Wasteland i vërtetë është shumë më i tmerrshëm se ai imagjinari. Kush nuk ka jetuar mes tmerreve të luftës e të terrorit nuk e di sa e egër është revolta kundër vetvetes e atij që i ka parë ose ka marrë pjesë në to - ajo revoltë kundër moskokëçarjes dhe egoizmit të vet. Rrënimi dhe vuajtjet janë një shkollë ku farkëtohet sensi shoqëror,”
― Czesław Miłosz, quote from The Captive Mind
“You’re not fine, Paul,” he replies. “You can barely walk. You don’t leave this house unless forced to. All you do is read and mope—”
“Brood. I prefer brood. More manly than mope!”
― Lauren Layne, quote from Broken
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― Tess Gerritsen, quote from Presumed Guilty
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