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The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2) QUOTES

The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2) QUOTES

1 " Felix believed that the answer to every problem involved penguins; but it wasn't fair to birds, and I was getting tired of teleporting them back home. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

2 " Then there were the shabti, magical figurines that were supposed to come to life when summoned. A few months ago, I’d fallen for a girl named Zia Rashid, who’d turned out to be a shabti. Falling in love for the first time had been hard enough. But when the girl you like turns out to be ceramic and cracks to pieces before your eyes—well, it gives “breaking your heart” a new meaning. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

3 " A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

4 " The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

5 " I should’ve been very cross with Anubis. Kissing me without permission—the nerve! "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

6 " I’m sorry I can’t do more. But happy birthday, Sadie.”
He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

7 " I haven't devoured a soul in...What month is this? March? "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

8 " Think about Isis,” Jaz repeated. “And Sadie…there
is a purpose. You taught us that. We choose to believe in Ma'at. We create order out of chaos, beauty and meaning out of ugly randomness. That's what Egypt is all about. That's why its name, its ren, has endured for millennia. Don't despair. Otherwise Chaos wins. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

9 " We had enough quite enough snobbery in this world without exporting it to the hereafter. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

10 " I didn't answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

11 " Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

12 " Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

13 " The world may need fixing, but it's worth preserving. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

14 " Our camels plodded along. Katrina tried to kiss, or possibly spit on Hindenburg, and Hindenburg farted in response. I found this a depressing commentary on boy-girl relationships. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

15 " Don't get starry-eyed about somebody you can't have, especially if it blinds you to somebody who's really important. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

16 " I looked across the river to Manhattan. It was a great view. When Sadie and I had first arrived at Brooklyn House, Amos had told us that magicians tried to stay out of Manhattan. He said Manhattan had other problems--whatever that meant. And sometimes when I looked across the water, I could swear I was seeing things. Sadie laughed about it, but once I thought I saw a flying horse. Probably just the mansion's magic barriers causing optical illusions, but still, it was weird. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

17 " I named my camel Katrina. She was a natural disaster. She slobbered everywhere and seemed to think the purple streak in my hair was some kind of exotic fruit. She was obsessed with trying to eat my head. I named Walt's camel Hindenburg. He was almost as large as a zeppelin and definitely as full of gas. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

18 " the answer to every problem involved penguins "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

19 " We choose to believe in Ma'at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That's what Egypt is all about. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)

20 " Two farewell gifts," Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life. "

― Rick Riordan , The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)