#jackson

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #good-and-evil

Monkey bar," Annabeth said. "I'm great at these." She leaped onto to the first rung and start swinging her way across. She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars. Go figure. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #battle

There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians

Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be much safer, while we've got them here—" "Ares," Poseidon interrupted, "they are worthy heroes. We will not blast my son to bits." "Nor my daughter," Zeus grumbled. "She has done well. ↗

— Rick Riordan

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

I will deny I ever said this, of course, but the gods need heroes. They always have. Otherwise we would not keep you annoying little brats around." I feel so wanted. Thanks. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #heroes

Great, I thought. We just blowtorched a national monument. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#nationalism

Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: “They’re wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we liked it! ↗

— Rick Riordan

#frank #jackson #jupiter #neptune #percy

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles. ↗

— Davy Crockett

#bow #conscience #even #expected #expense

MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna. ↗

— Carson Daly

#everyone #great #i #interviews #jackson

I was living on the wrong side of the tracks in Evanston, Illinois, in a home for boys. We had these Jackson 5 records. I really related to their voices - they were about my age, but they were doing it. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#age #doing #had #home #i