Quotes About Belief

I'm just a kid, Chiron, I said miserably. What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos? Chiron managed a smile. 'What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War.

But Annabeth knew that people saw what they wanted to see. They didn't need the Mist to warp their perceptions.

The dead see what they believe they will see. So do the living. That is the secret.

Of course, even without my help, other forces would keep the cosmos chugging along. Many different belief systems powered the revolution of the planets and stars. Wolves would still chase Sol across the sky. Ra would continue his daily journey in his sun barque. Tonatiuh would keep running on his surplus blood from human sacrifices back in the Aztec days. And that other thing—science— would still generate gravity and quantum physics or whatever.

If I couldn't trust her, I couldn't trust anyone.

WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, It's the Squirrel, you don't ask questions.

As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.

She snorted. "Sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn't it? An atheist and a Muslim walk into a pagan afterlife.

You're sure?' I asked. 'I mean, the Lord of the Sword is great. But you could also be, I don't know, the Slammer of the Hammer'.

Percy: Dad- Poseidon: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works. Percy: I'm praying, I'm talking to you, right? Poseidon: Oh...yes. Good point.

You understand there's no such thing as a little death prophecy, right? - Sam

people saw what they wanted to see. They didn't need the Mist to warp their perceptions.

Sometimes you lie to deceive people. Sometimes you lie because you need the lie to become the truth

Think positive girl, or the world ends.

If you were a god, how would you like being called a myth, an old story to explain lightning? What if I told you, Perseus Jackson, that someday people would call you a myth, just created to explain how little boys can get over losing their mothers?

After you reach the number impossible , there's no point in counting.

Never underestimate the power of thousands of human minds all believing the same thing. They can remake reality. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. - Apollo

may the gods be with you

The afterlife looks different to every soul, he said, depending on whatthey believe. For that guy, Egypt must've made a strong impression when he was young , maybe. And if someone doesn't believe in any afterlife? i asked. Walt gave me a sad look. Then that's what they experience.

Gods tend to be selfish. Even when they're helpful, they always have their own motives. That's why you have to be careful about trusting them.

Piper, you're the strongest, most powerful beauty queen I've ever met. You can trust yourself. For what it's worth, you can trust me too.

I tried to tell them that things would be okay, but I didn't believe it.

Don't throw that good and evil stuff at me. That's not even a Norse concept. Are you 'good' because you kill your enemies, but your enemies are 'bad' because they kill you? What sort of logic is that?

I concentrated hard and snapped my fingers. You don't see the sword, I told the girl. It's just a ballpoint pen. She blinked. Um . . . no. It's a sword, weirdo.