Ajax

“But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. 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

“No, not depressed. They ruined that word for me. I think the worst feeling in the world is telling someone you’re in pain and hearing them say there’s no wound.”
― Lancali ., I Fell in Love With Hope

“We spent our whole lives together pretending, but if you pretend for too long, reality reminds you one way or another that it doesn't like being insulted”
― Lancali ., I Fell in Love With Hope

“People have this delusion of inherent purpose as if fate is written in stone when really the pen has always been in our hands”
― Lancali ., I Fell in Love With Hope