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"Terminus sniffed. "I guard borders. I don't kill giants. It's not in my job description."
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"We violated each other's boundaries with verbal missiles of anger disguised in the pretense of 'just kidding."

"I'll share my life with you. But, not my doughnuts."

"Don't get me wrong, she was an attractive girl, but the last thing she needed was to get mixed up with me."

"You cannot pour more water into a full cup without causing a spillage."

"Don't lower your standards to keep anyone, if they're not making you happy, it's time to find someone who does."

"We should have the right to have someone leave when we want, to only allow those in who we want in. But the truth is, people can force their way into your life whenever they choose. If they want to remind you forevermore that they exist, they will. They can reappear in a card or call or a 'chance' meeting, they can remember your birthday or the day you met with some innocuous small note. No matter how little they matter in your new life, they can insist on being seen and recognized and remembered."

"When teaching someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary, and more from the way the boundary is established."

"I suggest to you, late or not late, the moment you have discovered that the mission of someone is to pee on your dreams, keep him away or keep away from him."

"Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they'll notice. If they don't, you know where you stand."

"Move away from Machiavellian hearts. Manipulative people can frame you up even if you have a humble, simple and generous heart. Question their motive."
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"Maybe that's why he had started to fear suffocation. It wasn't so much drowning in the earth or sea but the feeling that he was sinking into too many expectations, literally getting in over his head.Wow...when he started having thoughts like that, he knew he'd been spending too much time with Annabeth."


"It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn't need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on-moving forward."


"A faint smile played on his lips. "Obedience does not come naturally to you, does it?""No...sir""I must take some blame for that, I suppose. The sea does not like to be restrained."


"Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is."


"Two hundred Romans, and no one's got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write. Frank looked at Percy with wide eyes. He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form?Percy mouthed back, No. Shut up."


"Then Percy let go of his tiny ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness."


"No,' Nico said. 'Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that's the trick.' As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could've been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up."


"That really was NOT fun, though. Well, the hitting-her-with-a-stick part, that was fun. But crashing into a concrete bear? NOT fun."
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