Quotes About Growth

Life is a series of unique opportunities. It's our job to find the happiness in each one.

It takes time to see anyone's real damage.

I am never, ever, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.

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

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

No,' Nico said. 'Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that's the trick.' As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could've been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up.

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

Sometimes small things can become very large, indeed.

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

Everything living deserves a chance to grow.

Knowledge of any value can't be given. It must be sought and earned

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.

Oh, why does college have to happen to perfectly good people?

Some pain shouldn't be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced. Without the agony of the last few months, Piper never would have found her best friends, Hazel and Annabeth. She never would've discovered her own courage. She certainly wouldn't have had the guts to sing show tunes to the snake people under Athens.

I remembered what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought - just maybe - we were off to a good start.

Unbelievable, I murmured. After four thousand years, I am still discovering new things. Like how dumb you are, Meg volunteered. No. So you already knew that?

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

I mentally began composing a list of words that began with F: Frey. Father. False. Friend. Frick. Frack. And some others.

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...

How old is she now? he asked. Hard to say. She was a tree for a while. Now she's immortal.

The smallest seedlings, Demeter often told me, grow into century oaks.

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.

Out of every tragedy, he said, comes new strength.