#ares

The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods." I hesitated. "Any gift?" Zeus nodded grimly. "I know what you will ask. The greatest gift of all. Yes, if you want it, it shall be yours. The gods have not bestowed this gift on a mortal hero in many centuries, but, Perseus Jackson-if you wish it-you shall be made a god. Immortal. Undying. You shall serve as your father's lieutenant for all time." I stared at him, stunned. "Um...a god?" Zeus rolled his eyes. "A dimwitted god, apparently. But yes. With the consensus of the entire Council, I can make you immortal. Then I will have to put up with you forever." "Hmm," Ares mused. "That means I can smash him to a pulp as often as I want, and he'll just keep coming back for more. I like this idea. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #percy-jackson #poseidon #zeus #humor

God, you’re sexy when you talk Psy. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#humor #lucas #nalini-singh #paranormal-romance #sascha

My Manager forced me to put my beetle in my own ear, a clear waste and an act that gave me nightmares: of a burning city through which giant carnivorous lizards prowled, eating survivors off of balconies. In one particularly vivid moment, I stood on a ledge as the jaws closed in, heat-swept, and tinged with the smell of rotting flesh. Beetles intended for the tough, tight minds of children should not be used by adults. We still remember a kinder, gentler world. ↗

— Jeff Vandermeer

#fantasy #new-weird #nightmares #new-adult

Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won. ↗

— Joan Bauer

#world-war-ii

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#anger #angered #cares #implies #love

There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#compares #nothing #round #unexpected

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about issues like this doesn't have to be a lawyer and can read it and understand it. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#cares #did #educated #i #issues

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me. ↗

— Casey Affleck

#change #curve #digest #easier #had

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#anybody #care #cares #image #live

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me. ↗

— Alan Alda

#business #extensive #field #find #going