Kronos would be 10 times more powerful. His very presence would incinerate you. And once he achieves this he will empower the other Titans. They are weak, compared to what they soon will become, unless you can stop them, the world will fall, the gods will die, and I will never achieve a perfect score on this stupid machine.
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religious, he will be superstitious. ... THEODORE PARKER He doesn't know this now, but in the years to come he will, again and again, test Harold's claims of... HANYA YANAGIHARA Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because t... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER A man must know his destiny
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JAMIE MORTON If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned... C. JOYBELL C. Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would b... ANACHARSIS Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would b... ANACHARSIS ANACHARSIS If you put me on a pedestal, I will fall off because I can never achieve the perfection of your expe... D.S. MIXELL The immortal gods, the deities will rise, they will fall but none will live beyond the wall. Prometh... TRUTH DEVOUR Human life is precious; the life of a child even more so. Knowing that your grasp is the only thing ... KAREN RODWILL SOLOMON I can tell you what the results will be if he represents himself. He will go to jail and starve. GEOFFREY FIEGER When He [God] talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamour of self-will;... C.S. LEWIS To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you. . . . They will listen to your problems a... BILL BRYSON I am fully convinced that he will elevate the program to what you expect. You will love his values, ... ADAM HERBERT Hopefully the message will be that this is a very serious responsibility and they will be expected t... MARCUS DUDLEY You will never achieve a goal by definition unless you try. AULIQ ICE A soulmate will never leave you. They will always be apart of your life until one day the chance is ... FAYE HALL His injuries have impeded his progress a little, but you never hear him complain about them. He is g... ROBERT ARBALLO If you put all these networks on-demand, it will be very powerful. And people will find them. JEFFREY BEWKES To stop this, you search every single truck. And when you do, it will form a line that will stretch ... JACK SUNESON The giver is more than the gift; God is more than the blessing. And our being kept waiting on Him is... ANDREW MURRAY Milosevic will never stop, because he is fighting for personal power in Serbia. The only way to stop... FATOS NANO And He will judge and will forgive all, the good and the evil, the wise and the meek . . . And when ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY You attract what you think. When you are down and out, never loose heart. Stop focusing your thought... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Once you reject fear, you will become the perfect candidate to receive and reflect Truth. SUZY KASSEM This is what Achilles will feel like when he is old. And then I remembered: he will never be old. MADELINE MILLER His seed will issue kings, but he will never reign For she would be Queen of Lumat... MELINA MARCHETTA The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learn... WALTER LIPPMANN Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he wi... GORDON B. HINCKLEY We will work on takedown and single leg attacks. Guy will work on more attacks. That's his style -- ... CHRIS MANGUM He senses Sudan will soon become a failed state that will be dismantled. ABDEL ATWAN He senses Sudan will soon become a failed state that will be dismantled. ABDEL BARI ATWAN I told you before, Jem, that you would not leave me," Will said, his bloody hand on the hilt of the ... CASSANDRA CLARE A narcissist with power will attempt to prove in the world only what is already in his head. He can'... SERGIO TRONCOSO Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited. JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will bec... ED SHEERAN I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never b... WALTER CHRYSLER Peleus acknowledged this. "Yet other boys will be envious that you have chosen such a one. What will... MADELINE MILLER Now there is one thing I can tell you: you will enjoy certain pleasures you would not fathom now. Wh... MARCEL PROUST These seeds will always be tulips, even if at the moment you cannot tell them apart from other flowe... PAULO COELHO Suppose a person who has never tasted sweetness and you give him a little sugar, that person would b... OSMAN AHSAN SHEIKH Excuses will always be made, and blame will always fall on the other. Though the truth is before you... FAYE HALL One sip of this wine and you will go mad with drunkenness. You will drop your masks KAMAND KOJOURI If you don't challenge yourself to the max you will never be great. I think they will learn a lot fr... ANTOINE SMITH Until you have a son of your own . . . you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that res... KENT NERBURN A person who has never tasted sweetness and you give him a little sugar, he will thank you and he wi... OSMAN AHSAN SHEIKH You will remember this when all else fades, this moment, here, together, by this well. There will be... JOHN BANVILLE Events like this serve as a platform as you don't know you have the talent unless you try, and once ... KAPIL DEV A scrupulous writer in every sentence that he writes will ask himself. . . What am I trying to say? ... GEORGE ORWELL The king is so subtle with his words that he would confound the apostolic religion itself. He will f... THOMAS BECKET If you worship money and things — if they are where you tap real meaning in life — then you will... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE If Jem dies, I cannot be with Tessa,” said Will. “Because it will be as if I were waiting for hi... CASSANDRA CLARE The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives. LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD The question,’ she replied, ‘is not whether you will love, hurt, dream, and die. It is what you ... BRANDON SANDERSON I think Rick will do that. 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RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ) RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together. RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger. Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo... RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties... RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” ... RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn... RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?" "Just over the river and through the woods." Percy raised an ey... RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr... RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul! RICK RIORDAN In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ... RICK RIORDAN THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!" Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t... RICK RIORDAN Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes. RICK RIORDAN Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all. RICK RIORDAN If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. RICK RIORDAN She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish. RICK RIORDAN A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ... RICK RIORDAN Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers ... RICK RIORDAN Humans see what they want to see. RICK RIORDAN Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. RICK RIORDAN Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, wh... RICK RIORDAN You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought. RICK RIORDAN This is so cool!" Nico said, jumping up and down in the driver's seat. "Is this really the sun? I th... RICK RIORDAN Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I'd known what was coming, I would've called i... RICK RIORDAN I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret. RICK RIORDAN For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked a... RICK RIORDAN He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace.... RICK RIORDAN Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’ ‘How can you even talk to me like t... RICK RIORDAN Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?" He shrugged. "Techn... RICK RIORDAN Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair. RICK RIORDAN With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later. RICK RIORDAN Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can." Grover cracked a smile.... RICK RIORDAN Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friend... RICK RIORDAN Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wro... RICK RIORDAN What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apol... RICK RIORDAN Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind... RICK RIORDAN Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die. RICK RIORDAN I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue pla... RICK RIORDAN Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand... RICK RIORDAN Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over aga... RICK RIORDAN She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doin... RICK RIORDAN The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive. RICK RIORDAN How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big ... RICK RIORDAN Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between... RICK RIORDAN Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs a... RICK RIORDAN Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face. RICK RIORDAN I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster." End of discussion.The Tita... RICK RIORDAN We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.” Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez i... RICK RIORDAN Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad. RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Perc... RICK RIORDAN You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again! RICK RIORDAN Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest. RICK RIORDAN Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s... RICK RIORDAN