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Quotes About Resilience

No man may be completely invulnerable.
~ Rick Riordan
That's more like it. Let's turn this tide!
~ Rick Riordan
Oh, lord. I was beginning to think like Neith. Soon I'd be huddled in an underground bunker eating army rations and cackling as I sewed together the pockets of all the boys who'd jilted me.
~ Rick Riordan
Honestly, I thought I was going to be a kite forever, suffocating inside a little feathery prison. And he had the nerve to make fun!
~ Rick Riordan
His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome. Percy & Annabeth
~ Rick Riordan
That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.
~ Rick Riordan
Of course, Annabeth wouldn't be able to breathe, but at the moment, that seemed like a minor problem.
~ Rick Riordan
Everything happens for a reason, Sadie, even bad things.
~ Rick Riordan
Hedge put a drinking straw next to Nico's mouth. "Have some Gatorade." "I-I don't want-" "You'll have some Gatorade," the coach insisted. Nico had some Gatorade.
~ Rick Riordan
I found that things weren't going well upstairs. Carter was a crumpled heap of chicken warrior on the slope of the pyramid.
~ Rick Riordan
Only the fire of life can melt the chains of death.
~ Rick Riordan
Plus, humor ws a good way to hide the pain. And if that didn't work, there was always Plan B. Run aaway. Over and over.
~ Rick Riordan
There was no point moping around when you faced imminent death.
~ Rick Riordan
Smile and joke, even when you don't feel like it. ESPECIALLY when you don't feel like it.
~ Rick Riordan
This is for Phoebe,' she snarled in his ear. 'For Kinzie. For all those you killed. You will die at the hands of a girl.' Orion thrashed and fought, but Reyna's will was unshakeable. The power of Athena infused her cloak. Bellona blessed her with strength and resolve. Not one but two powerful goddesses aided her, yet the kill was for Reyna to complete. Complete it she did.
~ Rick Riordan
I prayed the monsters would give up. Or that perhaps Philip of Macedonia would climb back to the terrace (do crocodiles climb?) and renew the fight.
~ Rick Riordan
No matter how many times Percy killed them and watched them crumble to powder, they just kept re-forming like large evil dust bunnies.
~ Rick Riordan
Out of every tragedy, he said, comes new strength.
~ Rick Riordan
Faith that you will find a way to make wine out of your sour grapes.
~ Rick Riordan
You need to be prepared to move." "Why?" I sat up and looked out the windshield, straight into a raging sandstorm. "Oh…
~ Rick Riordan
People liked to be seen, even if it's by the cold, cruel eyes of fate.
~ Rick Riordan
Only people who have known great pain have the capacity to learn magic.
~ Rick Riordan
Jason managed a weak smile. At least it wasn't a head injury this time. I stayed conscious the entire fight.
~ Rick Riordan
Well, I hope you like it here, Leo. It used to be .......really nice.
~ Rick Riordan