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Quote by Rick Riordan

“Maybe it's okay to still be a kid every once in a while.”

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Rick Riordan, born on June 5, 1964, is an American author known for his works that blend mythology and fantasy elements. His most famous series, 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians,' combines Greek mythology with the experiences of modern teenagers. more

“To be truthful, some writers stop you dead in your tracks by making you see your own work in the most unflattering light. Each of us will meet a different harbinger of personal failure, some innocent genius chosen by us for reasons having to do with what we see as our own inadequacies. The only remedy to this I have found is to read a writer whose work is entirely different from another, though not necessarily more like your own—a difference that will remind you of how many rooms there are in the house of art.”

Art Different Reason Light Found House Differences Rooms Genius Track Chosen Innocent Truthful Remedy Inadequacy Being Truthful Harbinger Personal Failure

Author:Francine Prose

“Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics class—or worse, some kind of self-help manual. In fact, the important thing is the way the writer uses the language.”

Ifs Way Kind Important Self Facts Helping Use Literature Language Class Self Help Students Taught Ethics Important Things Civics Manuals

Author:Francine Prose

“But we are all sorry when loss comes for us. The test of our character comes not in how many tears we shed but in how we act after those tears have dried.”

Life Character Loss Tears Tests Sorry Shed

Book:Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution

Source: Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution

“Who would ever understand me?”

Understand Me

Book:The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

Source: The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

“Winston Gallagher!" I said, recognizing the first ghost I'de met. Then my eyes narrowed & I covered my hand in front of my crotch as I saw Winstons gaze fasten there next. "Don't even think about poltergeisting my panties again". "This is the sod? Come here you scurvy little--" "Bones don't!" I interrupted. He stopped, giving a last glare to him while mouthing YOU. ME. EXORCIST. before returning to my side.”

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Author:Jeaniene Frost

“At first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us. What we should fear and dread, of course, is that we won't stop loving them, even after they're dead and gone.”

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Book:Shantaram: A Novel

Source: Shantaram: A Novel

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