“Don't decide yet," Hephaestus advised. "Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
“Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused.
- Hephaestus”
― The Lost Hero
- Hephaestus”
― The Lost Hero
“Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
“Hephaestus glowered up at us. “I didn’t make you, did I?”
Uh,” Annabeth said, “no, sir.”
Good,” the god grumbled. “Shoddy workmanship.”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
Uh,” Annabeth said, “no, sir.”
Good,” the god grumbled. “Shoddy workmanship.”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
“It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
-Hephaestus”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
-Hephaestus”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
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