Quotes About Comparison

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.

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

You sure you're not a Roman, Annabeth? Or an Amazon?

You've probably met moms like that. You say, "Yeah, I scored a goal in the soccer game last night." And she says, "Oh, that's nice. All fourteen of my children are the captains of their teams, and they make straight A's and can play the violin." And you just want to smack her.

You remind me of myself " Bes continued "back when I was a young dwarf. You got a stubborn streak. When it comes to girl problems you're clueless.

Just curious how much I'm going for these days, Leo said. 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 mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe... but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks?

The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head.

Does Zeus have a perfect tan? Can he play the ukulele? I think not!

You can't read ancient Greek?" I asked. "And you can't tell a strawberry from a yam," she retorted.

When she smiled at me, just for a moment she looked a little like Annabeth. Then like this television actress I used to have a crush on in fifth grade. Then…well, you get the idea.

We accept our humanity intellectually, but not emotionally. When faced with our own limitations, we react with irritation, anger, and resentment. We want to be taller (or shorter), smarter, stronger, more talented, more beautiful, and wealthier. We want to have it all and do it all, and we become upset when it doesn't happen. Then when we notice that God gave others characteristics we don't have, we respond with envy, jealousy, and self-pity.

the two biggest hindrances to living the life God designed you to live: Wanting to be like others (envy), and wanting to be liked by others (people-pleasing.) These traps are subtle, but they distract and detour millions of people from the purposes they were created to fulfill.

Envy asks, "Why them? Why do they get what I don't have?" Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?" David

Louise's possessions looked like a refugee's beside his, a refugee who spent a lot of time in IKEA.

She was wearing a skimpy top that belonged on a teenager but it revealed her neat, hard biceps (she definitely worked out) and at least she had triceps, unlike Amelia, who had the kind of swinging underarm flesh that would have made it easy for her to glide among the treetops.

Viola had resented other people's pleasure, as if it subtracted something from the world rather than adding to it.

fellow alumni, a fact which Murdo said "just goes to show." Gloria thought that it didn't go to show anything except, possibly, that they were greedier and more ruthless than their former classmates.

suspected everyone did—from Winnie, the least pulchritudinous

Gloria watched as Terry lumbered down the path. He reminded her a little of King Kong, but less friendly.

Holy Abercrombie catalog , Megan thought.

Sometimes when they all talk I feel like shouting, 'so your life went wrong—why assume mine will? Maybe it'll work for me!' But this would only invite a pitying smile, and a 'she'll learn' comment. You can't win with them. You can't even compete.

And the ladies, selecting with dainty and discriminating fingers and a little greedily, all declared that Mr. Pontellier was the best husband in the world. Mrs. Pontellier was forced to admit that she knew of none better.

she were forced to describe it, she would say that it tasted exactly like squirrel: fuzzy, damp, slightly nutty. "Have you lost your