The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles, #2)

by Rick Riordan

The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice,

Trust your instincts.

As usual my heart did a little happy dance quite without my permission. His eyes were so mesmerizing, I completely forgot how to use my brain.

We create order out of chaos, beauty and meaning out of ugly randomness.

a kind of gentle gravity that made me feel safer, and a bit more firmly planted on the earth.

I want my life to mean something. And…I want to spend as much time as I can with you.”

“But it’s a leap of faith,”

Maybe that was all we could do: keep on trying, keep on believing we could salvage something from the disaster.

Chaos is impatient. It’s random. And above all it’s selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want.

The world may need fixing, but it’s worth preserving.

I DON’T LIKE GOOD-BYES, and yet I have to tell you about so many of them.

His smile made me feel as if the world had been reduced to just two people.