Quotes About Perspective

The dead see what they believe they will see. So do the living. That is the secret.

I still don't get it Coach Hedge muttered as they roamed the centre aisle. They named a whole town after Leo's table? I think the town was here first, Coach Nico said.

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.

Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.

Most problems look worse than they are. nothing is unfixable.

The older Nico got, the more juvenile Percy seemed to him, though Percy was three years older. Nico found his sense of humour equal parts endearing and annoying. He decided to concentrate on the annoying.

Maybe—just maybe—Sadie had my best interests at heart. (I just caught her making faces at me, so maybe not.)

Why would you come to Italy to see Spanish steps? That's like going to China for Mexican food, isn't it?

Promise me one thing. Whatever happens, when you get back to Olympus, when you're a god again, remember. Remember what it's like to be human.

Maybe being home schooled, Carter didn't realize that "test" is normally a bad thing.

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.

Could be worse, I told myself. I could be studying cheese demons.

people saw what they wanted to see. They didn't need the Mist to warp their perceptions.

Sometimes you lie to deceive people. Sometimes you lie because you need the lie to become the truth

Out my left, I saw baboon bum, out my right, my long-lost uncle Amos. Naturally, I decided to focus on the right.

Knowledge isn't always good for you.

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

Jason hated being old.

I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe... but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks?

I was wondering how you got all that out of a single moooooo

After you reach the number impossible , there's no point in counting.

Never underestimate the power of thousands of human minds all believing the same thing. They can remake reality. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. - Apollo

The afterlife looks different to every soul, he said, depending on whatthey believe. For that guy, Egypt must've made a strong impression when he was young , maybe. And if someone doesn't believe in any afterlife? i asked. Walt gave me a sad look. Then that's what they experience.

Everything happens for a reason, Sadie, even bad things.