#grace

I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain, her eyes had their usual angry look. "Don't be stupid." That explains why you freaked out on Apollo's bus. Why you didn't want to talk about it." She took a deep breath. Then she brushed the pine needles out of her hair. "If you tell anyone, I swear—" No, no," I said. "That's cool. It's just… the daughter of Zeus, the Lord of the Sky, afraid of heights? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #thalia-grace #zeus #grace

You must forge your own path for it to mean anything. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#leo-valdez #percy-jackson #piper-mclean #the-lost-hero #grace

We should go straight west. The prophecy said west." "Oh, like your tracking skills are better?" Thalia growled. Zoe stepped toward her. "You challenge my skills, you scullion? You know nothing of being a Hunter!" "Oh, scullion. You're calling me a scullion? What the heck is a scullion? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#zoe-nightshade #grace

At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lightning with its rapid wrath, And the winds with their swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness: All these I place, By God's almighty help and grace Between myself and the powers of darkness! ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#speculative-fiction #young-adult #grace

When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain. ↗

— Louise Penny

#pain #grace

I survive all those battles," she growled, "and I get defeated by a stupid chunk of rock! ↗

— Rick Riordan

#grace

Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope. ↗

— Aberjhani

#angels-and-demons #bridges #death #depression #desperation

But in AIA, Anna decides that being a person with cancer who starts a cancer charity is a bit narcissistic, so she starts a charity called The Anna Foundation for People with cancer Who Want to Cure Cholera. ↗

— John Green

#cancer

After my first few tastes I was pretty much hooked. I'd have dry spells, months without any or only piddling amounts of grace, but I never forgot about it or stopped wanting it. ↗

— Mark Vonnegut

#insane #insanity #mental-illness #mental-illness

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace. ↗

— Confucius

#honor #justice #society #wealth #honor