Quotes About Change

The world will end. The big picture cannot be changed. But in the meantime, as Loki once said, we can choose to alter the details. That's how we take control of our destiny.

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.

Chaos is impatient. It's random. And above all it's selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want.

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.

I'll admit that I was staring. Suddenly my whole perspective had flipped inside out, like when you look at an inkblot picture and see just the black part. Then your brain inverts the image and you realize the white part makes an entirely different picture, even though nothing has changed. That was Alex Fierro, except in pink and green. A second ago, he had been very obviously a boy to me. Now she was very obviously a girl.

Gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history.

Lei 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!

Caesar broke the law when he crossed the Rubicon, Frank said. Great leaders have to think out side the box sometimes.

The more you know, the more you try to change them, and that can be disastrous.

For once, I didn't look back.

Things will work out - maybe just not the way you plan

I don't feel that way anymore, Nico muttered. I mean... I gave up on Percy. I was young and impressionable, and I-I don't...

My face felt like my normal face, as if that part of me hadn't transformed into a bird. [Fine, Sadie. Call me the Carter-headed chicken. Happy?]

Being turned into a lizard can really mess up your day.

Jason hated being old.

I will never understand these bethroted teenagers nowadays.

Zoë threw up her hands in exasperation. I hate this language. It changes too often!

And for once i didn't look back.

He pushed that thoughts away. He didn't like painful memories. Keep moving -- that was his motto. Don't dwell in things. Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness.

I saw my problem immediately. I should never have introduced Alex to Percy Jackson. She had learned way too much from his relentless training methods. Maybe Alex couldn't summon sea animals, but she could turn into them. That was just as bad.

He didn't want to spend the rest of his life looking like an extra from The Walking Dead.

That's more like it. Let's turn this tide!

I would've hit the water hard, but at the last second I changed into a falcon. ~Carter Kane

You see gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history rather than simply repeat it. Humans can...how do you moderns say it...think outside the cup.