#na

I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#work

Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked. "It only works on wild animals." "So it would only affect Percy," Annabeth reasoned. "Hey!" I protested. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#banter #grover-underwood #percy-jackson #work

Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work... ↗

— Albert Einstein

#tenacity #work

Create your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others. ↗

— Anna Wintour

#fashion #look #people #quote #quotes

Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#jonathan-stroud #stroud #style

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#challenges #failure #failures #inspirational #perseverance

You stood up to the dragon so Beckendorf would have his chance to jump - now that was brave." "Or pretty stupid." "Percy, you're a brave guy," she said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#beckendorf #compliment #percy-jackson #chance

I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially. ↗

— E.B. White

#nature #science #nature

Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should! ↗

— Cecily von Ziegesar

#serena #sexy

You. O Positive. How many exits?" "What?...Oh shit, did you just call me by my bloodtype? ↗

— Rachel Caine

#sobriquet #dance