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1 " If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. "
― Rick Riordan , The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
2 " Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all. "
3 " Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes. "
4 " Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face. "
5 " She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish. "
6 " My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.Am I a troubled kid?Yeah. You could say that. "
7 " I said hello to the poodle. "
8 " Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing. "
9 " Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen to opera music. "
10 " It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality. "
11 " Humans see what they want to see. "
12 " A strange breeze rustled through the clearing, temporarily overpowering the stink of trash and murk. It brought the smell of berries and wildflowers and clean rainwater, things that might've once been in these woods. Suddenly I was nostalgic for something I'd never knew. "
13 " But remember: what belongs to the sea will always return to the sea.--Nereid "
14 " Chiron looked surprised. “I thought that would be obvious enough. The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles. "
15 " Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say. "
16 " Names have power. "
17 " Young man, names are powerful things. You don’t just go around using them for no reason. "
18 " The real world is where the monsters are. "
19 " i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants. "
20 " A steely look of anger flared in my mother’s eyes, and I thought, just maybe, I was leaving her in good hands after all. Her own. "