Quotes About Acceptance

It hasn't been easy, you know. Having the dead for company. Knowing that I'll never be accepted by the living. Only the dead respects me, and they only do that out of fear.

I hate the word 'demigod'. I prefer 'being born with a target on my back. - Blitzen

People liked to be seen, even if it's by the cold, cruel eyes of fate.

Well, I hope you like it here, Leo. It used to be .......really nice.

It was useless to whine and moan about what you could've had- what you deserved, what was fair. I was just happy to have this moment.

Maybe I should have resented him, but I didn't. After losing my mother, I didn't have patience for grudges. My years on the street had taught me that it was pointless to whine and moan about what you could've had - what you deserved, what was fair. I was just happy to have this moment.

You are the ghost king, a voice said. I am, Nico thought. This is where you belong. But then Nico raised his head. Looked at the other two passengers. Will, whose face was strained as he reached down with a shaking hand to grab at him. Nico took it, gripped his boyfriend's hand tight, and thought, No. This is where I belong.

sorry,no thanks,if i was going to die it could wait until tomorrow morning.

They'd seen his deepest secrets. They knew who he was, what he was. But they didn't seem to care. No … they cared more. They weren't judging him. They were concerned.

Sometimes things don't end okay.

The older you are, the harder it is to accept that the world might not be the way you thought it was.

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

His family included all the demigods who fought at his side, Roman and Greek, new friends and old. He wasn't going to let anyone break his family apart.

The dead aren't scary, they're just sad.

Reyna tried to think. She could accept death if she had to, but if the Athena Parthenos was destroyed, their quest would fail. Reyna could not accept that.

Not all powers are spectacular. Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.

You will not find love where you wish or where you hope. ... She forced herself to meet the giant's gaze. I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me.

And yes, we broke up.' Grover bleated, 'really? But I heard - I thought -' 'You thought what?' Piper's voice remained calm and even. 'That we'd be together forever like Percy and Annabeth?' (...) 'Things change. People change. Jason and me - we started out oddly. Hera kind of messed with our heads, made us think we shared a past we didn't share.

Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality.

My dear, dying is nothing to be embarrassed about. It happens to everyone.

Alex allowed herself the space of three heartbeats to grieve. I could count them, because that gross muscle between Pottery Barn's hands was still beating.

Exercise is nothing more than a depressing reminder that one is not a god.

I am a monster. Don't say that. It is okay. I will be good monster. Then you will not have to be mad.

One more thing, I said because I couldn't help myself. Mallory, if your middle name is Audrey and your initials are M. A. K.. - She raised an index finger. Don't say it, Beantown. We are totally calling you Mack now. Mallory fumed. My friends in Belfast used to call me that. Constantly. That wasn't a no so I decided we had permission.