You have to be compelled to write. If you’re, nothing else that you do matters.

You have to be compelled to write. If you’re, nothing else that you do matters.

Rick Riordan

Be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.

Be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.

If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.

If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.

Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.

Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'

One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'

Love was the most savage monster of all.

Love was the most savage monster of all.

I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.

I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.

Don't decide yet,

Don't decide yet," Hephaestus advised. "Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.

It's natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.

It's natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

Humans see what they want to see.

Humans see what they want to see.

Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.

Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.

You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.

You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.

I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.

I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.

A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.

A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.