Quotes About Acceptance

How did you decide when someone was irretrievably lost—when they were so evil or toxic or just plain set in their ways that you had to face the fact they were never going to change? How long could you keep trying to save them, and when did you give up and grieve for them as though they were dead?

Yes, Jason Grace. Favonius arched an eyebrow. I fell in love with a dude . Does that shock you?

If I've got the powers of a god, then why am I so... Lame? Sadie suggested. Shut up, I said.

Jason hated being an old man.

I turned to Alex. 'Hey, are you female today?' 'Hold on... There! Now I'm female.' My expression must have been priceless. Alex burst out laughing. 'I'm kidding. Yes, I'm female today. She and her.

Oh, god," I said. "Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?" --Sadie to Zia

It doesn't matter! From waist down, my best friend is a donkey.....

Why would Roman gods want to date Chinese Canadians?

So let me get this straight," Carter said. "The two guys you liked—one who was dying and one who was off-limits because he's a god—are now one guy, who isn't dying and isn't off-limits. And you're complaining.

I think the hardest thing we can ever do is see someone for who they really are. Our parents. Our friends. Ourselves.

I don't expend my energy trying to fight the change of seasons. I focus on making sure the days I have, and the season I oversee, are as joyful, rich, and plentiful as possible.

She had to face the fact that she couldn't protect everyone she loved. She couldn't solve every problem.

Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding. -Hestia

You'd think getting chopped into a million pieces and cast into the darkest part of the Underworld would give him a subtle clue that nobody wanted him around.

Not that my regularly scheduled life was so great, but it beat getting judged unworthy by twelve bearded guys named Erik.

No one should know his entire fate. It's too dangerous and too depressing. Just keep going, do your best, and hope it's good enough. That's all any of us can do.

Is it fair your life burns so short and bright? Death had asked. No such thing as fair, Frank told himself. If I'm going to burn, it might as well be bright.

That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.

Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father's throne.

Nut shrugged. Set had always been Set, for better or worse. But he is still part of our family. It is difficult to lose any member of your family . . . is it not?

My experience with Khonsu had taught me not be greedy about time. It was best to appreciate what you had and not yearn for more.

Nico remembered something Jason Grace had told him in the palace of Notus: Maybe it's time you come out of the shadows. If only I could, he thought. For the first time in his life, he had begun to fear the dark, because he might melt into it permanently.

Thalia had gotten herself turned into a pine tree when she was twelve. Me ... Well, I was doing my best not to follow her example. I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if I were ever on the verge of death--plankton, maybe. Or a floating patch of kelp.

So can I ask…?" I waved my hands vaguely. I didn't have the words. "How it does work?" She smirked. "As long as you don't ask me to represent every gender-fluid person for you, okay? I'm not an ambassador. I'm not a teacher or a poster child. I'm just"—she mimicked my hand-waving—" me . Trying to be me as best I can.