Quotes About Acceptance

One can account for just so much of life, and then no more. At least, not yet. With

He murdered Mary Dalton accidentally, without thinking, without plan, without conscious motive. But, after he murdered, he accepted the crime. And that's the important thing. It was the first full act of his life; it was the most meaningful, exciting and stirring thing that had ever happened to him. He accepted it because it made him free, gave him the possibility of choice, of action, the opportunity to act and to feel that his actions carried weight.

I had long ago emotionally rejected the world in which I lived and my reaction was: Well, this is the system by which people want the world to run whether it helps them or not.

Maybe some of these new changes in her life weren't going to be so bad after all.

Squealing, Ashley threw her arms around Miranda, while Gage ducked swiftly out of the way. "You'll get used to her, Miranda," Parker sighed, pulling Ashley back.

I thought you'd snap out of it. I thought, with a little time, you'd lighten up and see how it didn't matter!

Butler: Do you think I look deaf? William: Whadda I know. You look like you could be anything.

Sometimes the ones the world has no place for are best equipped to show us what it is to live fully and to be truly loved.

Dad, she can't be dead. She's my mom. She can't be.

I'm just a broken thing you're familiar with.

How can anyone love me when I can't find a single reason to love myself? Do you ever feel like you've given yourself away? Let the world drain away every important thing about you? Why can't anything ever just feel...normal?

Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet--

I have lightning and wind powers, Jason reminded him. Piper can turn beautiful and charm people into giving her BMWs. You're no more a freak than we are. And, hey, maybe you can fly, too. Like jump off a building and yell 'Flame on!' Leo snorted. If I did that, you would see a flaming kid falling to his death, and I would be yelling something a little stronger than 'Flame on!

Reyna sent me to get Percy, Frank said. Did Octavian accept you? Yeah, Percy said. He slaughtered my panda.

Everybody was patting Nico on the back, complimenting him on his fighting. Even the Ares kids thought he was pretty cool. Hey, show up with an army of undead warriors to save the day, and suddenly you're everybody's best friend.

Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon. Brother! Tyson crushed Frank in a hug. Percy stifled a laugh. Actually he's more like a great-great-...Oh, never mind. Yeah, he's your brother. Thanks. Frank mumbled through a mouthful of flannel.

But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily. -Aphrodite

Percy pulled Annabeth close and kissed her...long enough for it to get really awkward for Piper, though she said nothing. She thought about the old rule of Aphrodite's cabin: that to be recognized as a daughter of the love goddess, you had to break someone's heart. Piper had long ago decided to change that rule. Percy and Annabeth were a perfect example of why. You should have to make someone`s heart whole; that was a much better test.

Will put his hand on Nico's shoulder. Nico, we need to have another talk about your people skills. Hey, I'm just stating the obvious. If this is Apollo, and he dies, we're all in trouble. Will turned to me. I apologize for my boyfriend. Nico rolled his eyes. Could you not? Would you prefer special guy? Will asked. Or significant other? Significant annoyance, in your case, Nico grumbled

You will suffer, son of Hades!' What else is new? Nico thought.

Cool Leo said. I always wanted a sister who could beat me up.

I looked at Thalia. You're afraid of heights. Now that we were safely down the mountain, her eyes had their usual angry look. Don't be stupid. That explains why you freaked out on Apollo's bus. Why you didn't want to talk about it. She took a deep breath. Then she brushed the pine needles out of her hair. If you tell anyone, I swear— No, no, I said. That's cool. It's just… the daughter of Zeus, the Lord of the Sky, afraid of heights?

Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, who was standing to one side in the shadows, as usual. She grabbed his hand and pulled him gently into the firelight. 'We had one home,' she said. 'Now we have two.' She gave Nico a big hug and the crowd roared with approval. For once, Nico didn't feel like pulling away. He buried his face in Reyna's shoulder and blinked the tears out of his eyes.

Some pain shouldn't be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced.