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Wisdom's daughter walks alone.
That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. It meant without any special powers.


Rick Riordan

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Rick: Oh, he's just like any othe...
HUMPHREY BOGART I accept Time absolutely.
It alone is without flaw,
It alone rounds and completes all, <...
WALT WHITMAN I don't think I can do it alone," I said. I had a feeling the Summoning wasn't really meant t...
NAOMI NOVIK Love ~ Truth ~ Freedom
are three words that mean the same,
and none may exist without th...
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CARSON MCCULLERS It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of t...
CHARLES EDWARD MERRIAM Without you, I doubt Percy could find a way out of a paper bag.'
'True', Annabeth agreed.
...
RICK RIORDAN He fixed his dark eyes on her. 'I am Kekrops, the first and eternal king of Athens. I would welcome ...
RICK RIORDAN The Doctor: It's my nose; it has special powers.
Nancy: Yeah? That why it's so...?
The Doc...
STEVEN MOFFAT Stop thinking, and end your problems.
What difference between yes and no?
What difference ...
LAO TZU I didn't answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are qui...
RICK RIORDAN Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault? Rick: Oh, he's just like any other man...
HUMPHREY BOGART WOW DID I JUST SEE LIL B?

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NEAL SHUSTERMAN Without injustices,
the name of justice
would mean what?
HERACLITUS Do you think we'll get married one day?" I said.
"To each other?" Charlie asked.
"No, sill...
A.S. KING We're fine without it. We just did Live 8 without that [special effects or gimmicks]. We play festiv...
NIKKI SIXX We're fine without it. We just did Live 8 without that [special effects or gimmicks]. We play festiv...
NIKKI SIXX I would do anything for you. Anything."

With that, he pushed his way out...and as the doo...
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gone.
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ANN HUTCHINSON good alone
Is good without a name, vileness is so
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DUY NGUYEN To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.
ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH It's stupid, what keeps families apart
RICK RIORDAN She drank prussic acid without any water,/ And died like a Duke-and-a-Duchess's daughter!
REV. R. H. BARHAM Fear walks through the City, fear without name, without shape. All men feel it and none dare to spea...
AYN RAND Okay," Annabeth said. "What exactly do you smell?"
"Something bad," Tyson answered.
"Great...
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BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ It was like being alone without being alone.
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CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH He wasn’t going to be able to deactivate the field, which meant there was only one choice.
G.S. JENNSEN A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether.
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OSHO I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James al...
RICK JAMES I would've hit the water hard, but at the last second I changed into a falcon.

~Carter Ka...
RICK RIORDAN Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late.

~Carter Kane
RICK RIORDAN If I were a flowerpot, I would've checked my hair.

~Carter Kane
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JAMES COBB I don’t have my knife,” I mumble.
“Don’t start that,” Anna says. She walks away from...
KENDARE BLAKE Ghandi's seven sins:
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without c...
MAHATMA GHANDI And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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RICK RIORDAN Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain."
"Will you stop calling me t...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson put his hand on Grover´s shoulder "I -I will go with him."
I couldn´t believe I was hea...
RICK RIORDAN I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or ...
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NICHOLAS SPARKS This special session will provide a focused way to deliver on that promise without the influence of ...
ED RENDELL I meant to be uncommonly clever in taking so decided a dislike to him, without any reason. It is suc...
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Without the orchestra of the universe,
There would be no ether...
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LAUREN MYRACLE The 10 ever greatest misplacements in life:

1. Leadership without character.
2. Foll...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The same way i could live when I didnt know you, I can live without you after letting you go, But th...
DALEEN IRSHAID Well, what we know
Is not what they tell us
We're not ignorant, I mean it,
And they j...
BOB MARLEY I make mistakes. That's what I do. I
speak without thinking, I act without
knowing. I d...
CANDACE BUSHNELL Most people are burning without any problem; everyone just needs to be extra careful.
CARL THIBODEAUX Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR. Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI Athena called, "Annabeth Chase, my own daughter."
Annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward...
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CHRIS HILL Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch...
NICHOLAS SPARKS I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maint...
JOHN CUSACK Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would ha...
BEN SHAHN Good and bad lies within and without one other loses its mean and essence.
ZAMAN ALI she decided no human man would ever touch her again. the doors to her body and heart were already lo...
DIANNE SYLVAN I just don't know what I'd do without a brain, Simone!" I say. "I mean, what's a person without one?
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.
WADE BOGGS There is not only basis but in reality. She's avoiding the use of Martial Law, but she's exercising ...
AQUILINO PIMENTEL I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of:
a) The dark
b) Cold shivers up your s...
RICK RIORDAN Live fully and without fear
RICK RIORDAN APOLLO'S DAILY MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH

"You are gorgeous and people love you!
RICK RIORDAN The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
...
FREDERICK LEWIS DONALDSON If they mean something to you, incorporate them into your environment. She realized that if she save...
KATHERINE GIBSON I mean, I hope you're happy,
But the sky is still the sky without you,
And I'm not surpris...
CAITLYN SIEHL You said this was only the beginning,
I didn't realize that meant starting a new chapter witho...
TANZY SAYADI There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparatio...
SHIGERU YOSHIDA The place is also big enough. We could all live there without killing each other." -Rhage
"That...
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TAIMOOR MADNI There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all.
TOBA BETA I realized that it was not that I didn’t want to go on without him. I did. It was just that I didn...
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JEFF HEATH Hispanics had the highest rate of any people without health insurance. Children in poverty had a hig...
CHARLES NELSON My daughter had a princess funeral. Without it, she probably would have been cremated, seriously. Th...
PAULETTA VAUGHN Piper McLean," [Annabeth] grumbled, "that was without a doubt the dumbest risk I've ever seen anyone...
RICK RIORDAN Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Any gospel centered on miracles alone without teaching the values and process of producing results i...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Any gospel centered on miracles alone without teaching the values and procedures of getting result i...
SUNDAY ADELAJA She wasn’t hard-boiled. It was just that she put love on a special plane, where a man without mone...
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ERIN RICHARDS A WOMAN WITHOUT A BRAIN IS LIKE A GUN WITHOUT A BULLET...
JUST A TOY.
KAMILAH WILLACY In love - it sounded like a sickness without any cure, and wasn't that just how it sometimes felt?
CORNELIA FUNKE I long for the day
when I hear the music
without any song.
KAMAND KOJOURI They were now both ready, not to begin from scratch, but to continue with a love that had survived f...
GUILLAUME MUSSO I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.
EMILY WATSON I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.
WADE BOGGS I think people sleepwalk through their lives, and for me, I wanted to embrace everything. And that m...
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I don't hate you."

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You'd probably ki...
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Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."
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"Madness is my specialty. It was quite simple."
"Bu...
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I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding stude...
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RICK RIORDAN Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really."
Her...
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RICK RIORDAN A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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RICK RIORDAN I said hello to the poodle.
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RICK RIORDAN Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.

Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,...
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“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
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RICK RIORDAN Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
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The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
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Percy: "Detention?
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RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
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Percy ...
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RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
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RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
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RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
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bolts t...
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RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
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RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
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RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
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RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
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RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
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RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
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RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
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RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
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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 Love is no game! It is no flowery softness! It is hard work- It demands everything from you- especia...
RICK RIORDAN