Quotes About Change

Back in my day, we died all the time, and we liked it!

Please, Percy...change your clothes. You smell like you've been run over by an electric horse.

Shut up, me," Leo said aloud. "What?" Piper asked. "Nothing," he said. "Long night. I think I'm hallucinating. It's cool." Sitting in front, Leo couldn't see their faces, but he assumed from their silence that his friends were not pleased to have a sleepless, hallucinating dragon driver. "Just joking." Leo decided it might be good to change the subject.

Otrera stayed dead the second time, Kinzie said, batting her eyes. We have to thank you for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend...well, I think you'd look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit. Percy couldn't tell if she was kidding or not. He politely thanked her and changed seats.

Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.

That's what happens when it snows in Texas lady. It. Freaking. Melts.

even if we can't change the big picture, our choices can alter the details. That's how we rebel against destiny

Wouldn't that put a twist in your toga?

Sometimes small things can become very large, indeed.

Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.

The world may need fixing, but it's worth preserving.

Leo had recently discovered how to change the display, like the Times Square JumboTron,so now the banner read: Merry Christmas! All your presents belong to Leo!

Don't dwell on things. Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of sadness.

He'd gone from sixteen to seventy-five in a matter of seconds, but the old-man smell happened instantly, like boom. Congratulations! You stink!

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?

Remake the wild, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. You cannot wait for anyone else, even a god, to do that for you.

Julius told me how much you'd grown, but I couldn't believe it. Carter, I bet you're shaving—" "Mom." "—and dating girls—" "Mom!" Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

I can't believe how much this place has grown," Hazel muttered. The taxi driver grinned in the rearview mirror. "Been a long time since you visited, miss?" "About seventy years," Hazel said. The driver slid the glass partition closed and drove on in silence.

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.

No one can hate you more than someone who used to love you.

The truth hit him. Jason wasn't quite Roman anymore. His time at Camp Half-Blood had changed him. Reyna had recognized that. Apparently, so did the undead legionnaires. If Jason no longer gave off the right sort of vibe, or aura of a Roman leader...

I slashed a wide arc with Riptide and vaporized the entire front row of monsters. Back off!" I yelled at the rest, trying to sound fierce. Behind them stood their instructor—a six-foot-tall telekhine with Doberman fangs snarling at me. I did my best to stare him down. New lesson, class," I announced. "Most monsters will vaporize when sliced with a celestial bronze sword. This change is perfectly normal, and will happen to you right now if you don't BACK OFF!

Percy: I'll walk down to the cabins and Connor and Travis are stealing stuff from the camp store, and Silena is arguing with Annabeth trying to give her a new makeover, and Clarisse is still sticking the new kids' head into the toilets. It's nice that some things never change.