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1 " Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself. "
― Rick Riordan , The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
2 " Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need. "
3 " Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth,” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point? "
4 " I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done. "
5 " Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds? "
6 " To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust. "
7 " It takes strength and courage to admit the truth. "
8 " Bast crouched down and began making weird chittering noises. Uh-oh. She was imitating birds. I'd seen enough cats do this when they were stalking. Suddenly my own obituary flashed in my head: Carter Kane, 14, tragically died in Paris wen he was eaten by his sister's cat, Muffin. "
9 " I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice. "
10 " I hadn't seen my dad get violent since the Great Spatula Incident, and I wasn't anxious to see a repeat of that. "
11 " We ran, plowing through another pile of peppers. [No, I didn't pick a peck of them, Sadie - just shut up.] "
12 " The baboon is driving,” I noted. “Should I be worried? "
13 " Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world. "
14 " My name is Carter Kane. I'm fourteen and my home is a suitcase. "
15 " I racked my brain trying to remember the names of all of Nut’s five children. Bit difficult without my brother, the human Wikipedia, around to keep track of such trivia for me. "
16 " A long white ribbon shot out of the crack in the wall. The ribbon just kept coming, weaving itself into some kind of shape next to Anubis, and my first thought was, My god, he’s got a magic roll of toilet paper. "
17 " I guess it started in London, the night our dad blew up the British museum. "
18 " After my bad experience as a kite, I simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed chicken. That’s fine for Carter, but I have standards. "
19 " I can’t believe Sadie’s going to let me have the last word. Our experience together must’ve really taught her something. Ow, she just hit me. Never mind. "
20 " You want to know how Egyptians pulled the brains out of mummies. or built the pyramids, or cursed King Tut's tomb? My dad's your man. "