Percy Jackson Aphrodite Quotes & Sayings

This pain, this terrible seeing-through that is in me now. It wasn't necessary. It is all pain, and it buys nothing. Gives birth to nothing.
All in vain. All wasted.
The older the world becomes, the more obvious it is. The bomb and the tortures in Algeria and the starving babies in the Congo. It gets bigger and darker.
More and more suffering for more and more. And more and more in vain. — John Fowles

The Scottish are not shy when it comes to expressing themselves. — Ken Stott

Aphrodite," [Annabeth] said.
"Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement.
"Mom," Piper said with no enthusiasm.
"Girls!" The goddess spread her arms like she wanted a group hug.
The three demigods did not oblige. Hazel backed into a palmetto tree. — Rick Riordan

Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex. — Katherine Graham

Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.
Percy: But ... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean. — Rick Riordan

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation. — Calvin Coolidge

I am I, with all the individuality of an earthworm. After a rain, who knows the unique pink worm by the twist of its elastic segments. Only the guts of the worm know. And it is nothing to crush the yellow liquid intestines under a casual heel. — Sylvia Plath

To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy. — Seneca.

People are born to be free; it's a gift from God. — Joyce Meyer

You're Dionysus," I said. "The god of wine."
Mr. D rolled his eyes. "What do they say these days, Grover? Do the children say 'Well duh!'?"
Y-yes, Mr. D."
Then, well, duh! Percy Jackson. Did you think I was Aphrodite, perhaps?"
You're a god."
Yes, child."
A god. You. — Rick Riordan

Percy pulled Annabeth close and kissed her...long enough for it to get really awkward for Piper, though she said nothing. She thought about the old rule of Aphrodite's cabin: that to be recognized as a daughter of the love goddess, you had to break someone's heart. Piper had long ago decided to change that rule. Percy and Annabeth were a perfect example of why. You should have to make someone's heart whole; that was a much better test. — Rick Riordan

Silena, take the Aphrodite crew to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel."
Oh my gods," one of her sisters said. "Fifth Avenue is so on our way! We could accessorize, and monsters, like, totally hate the smell of Givenchy. — Rick Riordan

Strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out. — Jane Austen