The Lightning Thief Famous Quotes & Sayings

What kills us isn't one big thing, but thousands of tiny obligations we can't turn down for fear of disappointing others. — Alain De Botton

We knew, and to see her there like that with you-and armed. I think I died a thousand deaths, Ana. — E.L. James

You can't just will your dreams to come true. You have to work hard. You have to give 'em wings, arms, legs ... whatever it takes to make your dreams come true. — Dolly Parton

Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations. — Les Brown

I have spent 11 horrific years in solitary confinement in a 6-square-meter dungeon three floors underground without sunlight or fresh air. But I endured my hardships because I was merely living my convictions. — Samir Geagea

It's time for us to join the line of your madmen all chained together.
Time to be totally free, and estranged.
Time to give up our souls, to set fire to structures and run out in the street.
Time to ferment.
How else can we leave the world-vat and go to the lip?
We must die to become true human beings.
We must turn completely upside down
like a comb in the top of a beautiful woman's hair.
Spread out your wings as a tree lifts in the orchard.
As seed scattered on the road,
as a stone melts to wax,
as a candle becomes the moth.
On a chessboard the king is blessed again with his queen.
With our faces so close to the love mirror, we must not breathe, but change to a cleared place where a building was and feel the treasure hiding inside us.
With no beginning or end,
we live in lovers as a story they know.
If you will be the key, we'll be tumblers in the lock. — Rumi

I discovered at the age of six that everything was a phony, worked with mirrors. Since then, I've always wanted to be a magician. — Orson Welles