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  • #1
    Rick Riordan
    “Dude! said a party pony as he unloaded his gear. Did you see that bear guy? He was all like: 'Whoa, I have an arrow in my mouth!”
    Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

  • #2
    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    Narcotics Anonymous

  • #3
    Yogi Berra
    “Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.”
    Yogi Berra, When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes

  • #4
    J.K. Rowling
    “Which way did they go, Peeves?" Filch was saying. "Quick, tell me."
    "Say 'please.'"
    "Don't mess with me, Peeves, now where did they go?"
    "Shan't say nothing if you don't say please," said Peeves in his annoying singsong voice.
    "All right- PLEASE."
    "NOTHING! Ha haaa! Told you I wouldn't say nothing if you didn't say please! Ha ha! Haaaaaa!" And they heard the sound of Peeves whooshing away and Filch cursing in rage.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #5
    Thomas Szasz
    “Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.”
    Thomas Szasz

  • #6
    Charles M. Schulz
    “Happiness is a warm puppy.”
    Charles M. Schulz

  • #7
    Matt Groening
    “You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try.'

    Homer Simpson”
    Matt Groening

  • #8
    Matt Groening
    “Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.”
    Matt Groening
    tags: humor

  • #9
    Rick Riordan
    “Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

  • #10
    Anthony Horowitz
    “Alex decided he’d had enough. He put down his knife. “All right,” he said. “You’ve made it pretty clear that you don’t want to work with me. Well, that’s fine. Because I don’t want to work with you either. And for what it’s worth, nobody would ever believe you were my mom because no mom would ever behave like you.”
    “Alex…,” Carver began.
    “Forget it! I’m going back to London. And if you’re Mr. Byrne asks why, you can tell him I didn’t like the jelly, so I went home to get some jam.”
    Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

  • #11
    Obert Skye
    “impossible is not a word”
    Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo

  • #12
    Obert Skye
    “There are times in a person's life when he or she must make a choice to believe. I choose to believe the sun will rise tomorrow. I also choose to believe that if you go to bed hungry you will wake up ready to eat. I've met a group of men in a faraway country who choose to believe that if you stand on a tree stump for an hour you will gain sympathy for trees. I am already quite sympathetic to trees, so I choose to think they are bonkers.”
    Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra

  • #13
    Obert Skye
    “Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand next to each other and simultaneously curse Leven.”
    Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret

  • #14
    Rick Riordan
    Braccas meas vescimini!"
    I wasn't sure where the Latin came from. I think it meant 'Eat my pants!”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #15
    Rick Riordan
    “If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #16
    Rick Riordan
    “Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.”
    Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

  • #17
    Rick Riordan
    “The cafe windows wrapped all the way around the observation floor, which gave us a beautiful panoramic view of the skeleton army that had come to kill us.”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse

  • #18
    Rick Riordan
    “So, you wrecked Alcatraz Island, made Mount St. Helens explode, and displaced half a million people, but at least you're safe."
    "Yep, that pretty much covers it.”
    Rick Riordan

  • #19
    Rick Riordan
    “She glared at me like she was about to punch me, but then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me.
    "Be careful seaweed brain." She said putting on her invisible cap and disappearing.
    I probably would have sat there all day, trying to remember my name, but then the sea demons came.”
    Rick Riordan

  • #20
    Rick Riordan
    “Something was wrong with Luke," Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. "Did you notice the way he was acting?"
    "He looked pretty pleased to me," I said. "Like he'd spent a nice day torturing heroes."
    "That's not true! There was something wrong with him. He looked...nervous. He told his monsters to spare me. He wanted to tell me something."
    "Probably, 'Hi, Annabeth! Sit here with me and watch while I tear your friends apart. It'll be fun!”
    Rick Riordan

  • #21
    Rick Riordan
    “She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #22
    Rick Riordan
    “Apollo?” I guessed…
    He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
    A god named Fred?”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

  • #23
    Rick Riordan
    “With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #24
    Brandon Mull
    “I hate how my past actions keep messing up my future options, Seth muttered.
    Then you've started down the road to wisdom, Grandpa replied.”
    Brandon Mull, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

  • #25
    Matt Groening
    “Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.”
    Matt Groening, The Big Book of Hell

  • #26
    Rick Riordan
    “Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned.
    "That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there."
    "Which one is me?" I asked.
    "The little deformed one," Zoe suggested.
    "Oh, shut up.”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

  • #27
    Rick Riordan
    “Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leading the Cyclopes, you are appointed a general I. The armies of Olympus. You shall henceforth lead you breathren into war whenever required by the gods. And you shall have a new...um...what kind of weapon would you like? A sword? An axe?"
    "Stick!" Tyson said, showing his broken club.
    "Very well," Zeus said. "We will grant you a new, er, stick. The best stick that may be found."
    "Hooray!”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #28
    Rick Riordan
    “A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He was about five feet tall, with slick black seal fur and stubby little feet. He had the head of a Doberman, but his clawed hands were almost human. He growled and muttered as he tapped on his keyboard. Maybe he was messaging his friends on uglyface.com.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #29
    Rick Riordan
    “I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny.”
    Rick Riordan



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