life

"It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing."

"Life is more fun if you play games."

"You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought."

"Love is like whoa! Actually, it's closer to woe."

"Not to sound bad, but some girls are dumb. It's because they spend so much of their life trying to have the right look. On the other hand, some girls are just really smart. There are girls you can have conversations with that are healthy conversations. You can argue real life issues and solve problems together. That is what makes a woman sexy."

"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."

"There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult."

"You're on Earth. There's no cure for that."

"In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life."

"Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head."

"If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen."

"We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy."

"No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?"

"Love isn’t in a hurry like a flurry of flowery words on paper. It’s lush and slow to grow its aroma in the garden of time."

"The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing."

"I know that the whole point—the only point—is tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go."

"My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here."

"You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all."

"It’s true, I can’t make you love me. But I can refuse to let you out of your cage."

"Like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker."