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“Knowledge always has the potential to be dangerous. It is a more powerful weapon than any sword or spell.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

“Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“You want to be treated like an adult? Then you need to grow up.”
― Kristan Higgins, The Perfect Match

“The victim, if he really loved the saver, would say, “Look, this is my problem; you don’t have to fix it for me. Just support me while I fix it myself.” That would actually be a demonstration of love: taking responsibility for your own problems and not holding your partner responsible for them. If the saver really wanted to save the victim, the saver would say, “Look, you’re blaming others for your own problems; deal with this yourself.” And in a sick way, that would actually be a demonstration of love: helping someone solve their own problems. Instead,”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“I've learned that the more people I love — and I mean really, really, completely, unconditionally love — the happier I am.”
― Penny Reid, Friends Without Benefits

“love was a choice that I was capable of making just as much as it was a risk I was capable of taking.”
― Penny Reid, Friends Without Benefits

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.”
― Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

“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?”
― Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

“One learns by doing”
― Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

“A legacy that powerful does not disappear. Next to the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans were babies. Our modern nations like Great Britain and America? Blinks of an eye...The very oldest root of civilization, at least of Western civilization, is Egypt. Look at the pyramid on the dollar bill. Look at the Washington Monument—the world’s largest Egyptian obelisk. Egypt is still.......very much alive.”
― Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

“Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same,” Dad said. “Fairness means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself. Do you understand?”
― Rick Riordan, The Kane Chronicles

“The book, Sadie...Sometimes it’s helpful to have someone other than yourself inside your head, because one can slap the other. Duh, the book!”
― Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

“Energy and matter can't be created or destroyed. Only changed. And sometimes changed for the better.”
― Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

“No, dear. As usual, modern folk have it backward. Black is the color of good soil, like the soil of the Nile. You can grow food in black soil. Food is good. Therefore black is good. Red is the color of desert sand. Nothing grows in the desert. Therefore red is evil.”
― Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet--”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?"
"Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?"
"Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom...that is very hard indeed.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty, Percy. You do not know when it is time to cut your losses. To save a friend, you would sacrifice the world.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Your heart is always in the right place. Listen to it.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“My mother says looking is the nature of wisdom.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“Remake the wild, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. You cannot wait for anyone else, even a god, to do that for you.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“I was glad to be with her, but it also kind of hurt, and it hurt when I wasn't with her, too.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“You see, in times of trouble, even gods can lose faith. They start putting their trust in the wrong things. They stop looking at the big picture and start being selfish. But [. . .] I'm used to perseverance. You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth