Grace > Grace's Quotes

“The people who deserved to die took forever to do so. Those who deserved to live always went too soon.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Each person's grief has its own life span; it needs to follow its own path.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tyrant’s Tomb

“Jason sighed miserably. “That’s supposed to be my job. I’m always the one who gets knocked in the head.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Rachel pulled out a blue plastic hairbrush and threw it at the nearest barbarian, beaning him in the eye and making him howl. Sorry I underestimated you, Rachel, I thought distantly. You’re actually kind of a hairbrush ninja.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“My father, Zeus, did not love me. The demigods at Camp Half-Blood did not love me. Python and the Beast and his comrades at Triumvirate Holdings did not love me. It was almost enough to make me question my self-worth.

No, no. That was crazy talk.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“A father should do more - a father should give more to his children than he takes.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I felt her story in every line: her struggle as the neglected child of a famous movie star; her mixed feelings about discovering she was a daughter of Aphrodite; most hurtful of all, her realization that the supposed love of her life, Jason Grace, was not someone she wanted to be with romantically.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Where's Jason?”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Will and Nico sat shoulder to shoulder, bantering good-naturedly. They were so cute together it made me feel desolate.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Will whistled appreciatively. “I bet many Bothans died to bring us this information.”

Rachel stared at him. “What?”

Nico sighed. “I’m guessing that was a Star Wars reference. My boyfriend is a Star Wars geek of the worst kind.”

“Okay, Signor Myth-o-magic. If you would just watch the original trilogy…” Will looked at the rest of us for support and found nothing but blank expressions. “Nobody? Oh, my gods. You people are hopeless.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt.
"You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“What about Gale?"
"He's not a bad kisser either," I say shortly.
"And it was okay with both of us? You kissing the other?" He asks.
"No. It wasn't okay with either of you. But I wasn't asking your permission," I tell him.
Peeta laughs again, coldly, dismissively. "Well, you're a piece of work, aren't you?”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“But how do you let yourself unravel in front of someone, knowing your armor is the only thing keeping you safe?”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“There’re always reasons to stay,” he says. “You just need to find one reason to leave.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“Loving someone is dangerous. It gives you something to lose.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“I once read a poem about love being fragile, as thin as glass and easily broken.

But that is not the kind of love that survives in a place like this. It must be hardy and enduring. It must have grit.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“This town was built on revenge,” I say. “And it’s never made anything better or right.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“Love is an enchantress—devious and wild. It sneaks up behind you, soft and gentle and quiet, just before it slits your throat.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“We wait for death. We hold our breath. We know it's coming, and still we flinch when it claws at our throats and pulls us under.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“No thinking, just doing. When you think about things too long, you just talk yourself out of them.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“We’re all just passing ships; no point forming friendships that won’t last.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“The sisters have all found bodies.” The words seem pulled from my throat. The quiet settles between each of my ribs, it expands my lungs, it reminds me of what’s to come. “They’ve all returned.” I close my eyes, focusing on the silence. It’s the fastest it’s ever happened before. Now the drowning will begin.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep

“I recognize in her a part of myself: the sadness that darkens her eyes, the heartbreak that has unraveled the loose threads woven inside her mind. I could be her. I could slip into madness and let it overtake me just like she has. Turn into a shadow.
She and I are the same. We've both lost people we love. Both crushed by this town. Both know that the ocean takes more than it gives.”
― Shea Ernshaw, The Wicked Deep