Magnus Chase Quotes & Sayings

Just follow my lead,' I said. 'It'll be fun.'

'Please,' Sam begged, 'don't let those words be carved on my tombstone. — Rick Riordan

I held out the rune for Hearthstone. 'I know what it feels like to be an empty cup, to have everything taken away from you. But you're not alone. However much magic you need to use, it's okay. We've got you. We're your family.'

Hearth's eyes rimmed with green water. He signed to us, and this time I think he actually meant — Rick Riordan

The purpose of the UN mechanism, this inspection mechanism, is not to engage in a cat and mouse game with Saddam Hussein and try to find weapons that the Iraqi government is working on concealing. — Douglas Feith

When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force. — Hugo Chavez

Those movies... ridiculously inaccurate. The real gods of Asgard - Thor, Loki, Odin, and the rest - are much more powerful, much more terrifying than anything Hollywood could concoct. — Rick Riordan

No one in my family or my circle of friends had ever had to confront something like this. Jamie was seventeen, a child on the verge of womanhood, dying and still very much alive at the same time. I was afraid, more afraid than I'd ever been, not only for her, but for me as well. I lived in fear of doing something wrong, of doing something that would offend her. Was it okay to ever get angry in her presence? Was it okay to talk about the future anymore? — Nicholas Sparks

No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness. — Abdullah Of Saudi Arabia

Look, some people prefer they,' Alex said. 'They're non-binary or mid-spectrum or whatever. If they want you to use they, then that's what you should do. But for me, personally, I don't want to use the same pronouns all the time, because that's not me. I change a lot. That's sort of the point. When I'm she, I'm she. When I'm he, I'm he. I'm not they. Get it?'
'If I say no, will you hurt me?'
'No.'
'Then no, not really.'
She shrugged. 'You don't have to get it. Just, you know, a little respect.'
'For the girl with the very sharp wire? No problem.'
She must have liked that answer. There was nothing confusing about the smile she gave me. It warmed the office about five degrees. — Rick Riordan

It's stupid, what keeps families apart — Rick Riordan

I tossed the book aside. Great. My dad was a D-list god who frolicked in the woods. He was probably eliminated early last season on Dancing with the Asgardians. — Rick Riordan

I am Hel," she agreed. "Sometimes called Hela, though most mortals dare not speak my name at all. No jokes, Magnus Chase? Who the Hel are you? What the Hel do you want? You look Hela bad. I was expecting more bravado. — Rick Riordan

Coming in Fall 2015 Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book One The Sword of Summer — Rick Riordan

I guess no true Bostonian would trust a place that was sunny and pleasant all the time. But a gritty, perpetually cold and gloomy neighborhood? Throw in a couple of Dunkin' Donuts locations, and I'm right at home. — Rick Riordan

Age and disease and death may destroy our physical being but it is other people who get inside us and damage our hearts and minds.
The Other Side of You — Salley Vickers

If you are sure you are right, you need not worry what the world thinks. — Napoleon Hill

I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing. — Annie Lennox

Not that my regularly scheduled life was so great, but it beat getting judged unworthy by twelve bearded guys named Erik. — Rick Riordan

Etiquette tip: If you're looking for the right time to leave a party, when the host yells, "No one leaves here alive," that's your cue. — Rick Riordan

Nothing had been attempted like that, to lift Dad's voice, literally, off of that track and put it on a brand-new one, and then line it up, match it up, get the phrasing right. I remember listening - everyone listening at the end, and we were just enthralled. It was really wonderful. — Natalie Cole

You need a man to go to hell with. — Tuesday Weld

I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington. — Jodi Rell

Just because you kill people doesn't mean your feet should. — Rick Riordan

He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious. — Sun Tzu

Is there anything more embarrassing than sailing into battle with half-finished figureheads? -Loki — Rick Riordan

My name is Magnus Chase. I'm sixteen years old. This is the story of how my life went downhill after I got myself killed. — Rick Riordan

I keep having the urge to cross my hands over my chest, to cover up my breasts, to hide. I'm suddenly aware of how pale I look in the sunshine, and how many moles I have spotting up and down my chest, and I just know he's looking at me thinking i'm wrong or deformed. But the he breathes, 'Beautiful' and when his eyes meet mine I know that he really, truly means it. — Lauren Oliver