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  • #1
    Rick Riordan
    “Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
    Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
    Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
    "Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
    Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."
    ...
    I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
    "I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
    "And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

  • #2
    Rick Riordan
    “Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
    "He's the sun god," I said.
    "That's not what I meant.”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

  • #3
    Rick Riordan
    “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

  • #4
    Rick Riordan
    “It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #5
    Rick Riordan
    “Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #6
    Rick Riordan
    “Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #7
    Rick Riordan
    “My name is Percy Jackson.
    I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.
    Am I a troubled kid?
    Yeah. You could say that.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #8
    Rick Riordan
    “My mother made a squeaking sound that might of been either "yes" or "help".
    Poseidon took it as a yes and came in.
    Paul was looking back and forth between us, trying to read our expressions.
    Finally he stepped forward.
    "Hi, I'm Paul Blofis."
    Poseidon raised an eyebrow and then shook his hand.
    "Blowfish, did you say?"
    "Ah, no. Blofis, actually."
    "Oh, I see," Poseidon said. "A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon."
    "Poseidon? That's an interesting name."
    "Yes, I like it. I've gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon."
    "Like the god of the sea."
    "Very much like that, yes"
    "Well!" My mother interrupted. "Um, were so glad you could drop by. Paul, this is Percy's father."
    "Ah." Paul nodded, though he didn't look real pleased. "I see."
    Poseidon smiled at me. "There you are, my boy. And Tyson, hello, son!"
    "Daddy!" Tyson [shouted]...
    Paul's jaw dropped. He stared at my mother. "Tyson is..."
    "Not mine," she promised. "It's a long story.”
    Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

  • #9
    Rick Riordan
    “New lesson, class. Most monsters will vaporize when sliced with a celestial bronze sword. This change is perfectly normal, and will happen to you right now if you don't BACK OFF!" - Percy”
    Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

  • #10
    Rick Riordan
    “But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”
    Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

  • #11
    Rick Riordan
    “With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #12
    Rick Riordan
    “It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #13
    Rick Riordan
    “The throne rumbled. A wave of gale-force anger slammed into me.
    WHO DARES-
    The voice stopped abruptly, The anger retreated, which was a good thing, because just those two words had almost blasted my mind to shreds.
    Percy. My fathers voice was still angry but more controlled. What-exactly-are you doing on my throne?
    "I'm sorry, Father," I said. "I needed to get your attention."
    This was a very dangerous thing to do. Even for you. If I hadn't looked before I blasted, you would now be a puddle of seawater.
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #14
    Rick Riordan
    “Why do you need to gallop while you fly?"
    "Why do humans have to sway their arms while they walk? I dunno boss, but it just feels right.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #15
    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.”
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  • #16
    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box. Don't do that.”
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  • #17
    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “You do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly exhausted you are, until somewhat stands behind you and says, “It’s OK, you can fall down now. I’ll catch you.”
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  • #18
    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “It’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly.”
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  • #19
    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you. Other times reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it.”
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  • #20
    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “Please never forget that the sun rises and sets with your smile. At least to me it does. You’re the only thing on this planet worth worshipping.”
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  • #21
    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “I spent half my time loving her and the other half hiding how much I loved her.”
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  • #22
    Haruki Murakami
    “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
    Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

  • #23
    Haruki Murakami
    “What happens when people open their hearts?"
    "They get better.”
    Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

  • #24
    Haruki Murakami
    “I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?”
    Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

  • #25
    Haruki Murakami
    “I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once. ”
    Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

  • #26
    Haruki Murakami
    “I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.”
    Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

  • #27
    Haruki Murakami
    “What makes us the most normal," said Reiko, "is knowing that we're not normal.”
    Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

  • #28
    Haruki Murakami
    “People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.”
    Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

  • #29
    Rick Riordan
    “Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

  • #30
    George Orwell
    “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
    George Orwell, Animal Farm



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