Nichelle smirked at Quentin and Tara. "You look like some weird monument to toilets." "You're a loser, Nichelle," Tara said, "That's why everyone always hated you." "I'm so hurt," she said. Nichelle put her hand out toward them, and Tara and Quentin began to shake from the pain. "Who's losing now?" Tara screamed out in pain. "Nichelle," I said. She turned to me. "What?" "That's enough." "I've just started." "We're not like them." She looked at me with a peculiar expression, one I'd never seen on her before. She put her hand down.

Michael Vey, Hunt for Jade Dragon

"Nichelle, stop this." Quentin shouted, on his knees. "That's an order." "You're giving me an order?" Nichelle said. "I think you've got that backward, Q-bert." She crouched down until her face was inches from his, and her eyes narrowed in anger. "You were the only family I had, and when things went bad, you all left me to die. Michael Vey was my enemy, and he showed me more mercy than all of you creeps combined."

Quentin and Nichelle, Michael Vey: Hunt for Jade Dragon

"You're good," I said to Nichelle. 'You could be an actress." "I lived with Hatch for ten years," She said. "I was."

Nichelle and Michael, Michael Vey: Hunt for Jade Dragon

History is made by those willing to tear up the last mapmaker’s map.

Richard Paul Evans, Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 (via quotecafe)

She was in such a different world—half dream, half nightmare.

Richard Paul Evans, Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25

Hope isn’t a plan. It’s blind faith in luck. It’s chance. Winners don’t ever leave things to chance.

Richard Paul Evans, Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25

And make death proud to take us.

Cleopatra, Anthony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare (via andromache)

Bryce Lawrence stumbled, clutching his head, both nostrils bleeding. Nico marched towards him. He grabbed Bryce’s probatio tablet and ripped it off his neck. ‘You aren’t worthy of this,’ Nico growled.The earth split under Bryce’s feet. He sank up to his waist. ‘Stop!’ Bryce clawed at the ground and the plastic bouquets, but his body kept sinking. ‘You took an oath to the legion.’ Nico’s breath steamed in the cold. ‘You broke its rules. You inflicted pain. You killed your own centurion.’ ‘I – I didn’t! I –’ ‘You should’ve died for your crimes,’ Nico continued. ‘That was the punishment. Instead you got exile. You should have stayed away. Your father Orcus may not approve of broken oaths. But my father Hades really doesn’t approve of those who escape punishment.’ ‘Please!’ That word didn’t make sense to Nico. The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice.‘You’re already dead,’ Nico said. ‘You’re a ghost with no tongue, no memory. You won’t be sharing any secrets.’ ‘No!’ Bryce’s body turned dark and smoky. He slipped into the earth, up to his chest.‘No, I am Bryce Lawrence! I’m alive!’ ‘Who are you?’ Nico asked. The next sound from Bryce’s mouth was a chattering whisper. His voice became indistinct. He could have been anyone – just another nameless spirit among millions. ‘Begone,’ Nico said. The spirit dissipated. The earth closed.

Nico di Angelo and Bryce Lawrence, The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Nico didn’t know what that meant. He didn’t want to know. ‘My son.’ Hades’s tone was almost gentle.‘Whatever happens, you have earned my respect. You brought honor to our house when we stood together against Kronos in Manhattan. You risked my wrath to help the Jackson boy – guiding him to the River Styx, freeing him from my prison, pleading with me to raise the armies of Erebos to assist him. Never before have I been so harassed by one of my sons. Percy this and Percy that. I nearly blasted you to cinders.’ Nico took a shallow breath. The walls of the room began to tremble, dust trickling from the cracks between the bones. ‘I didn’t do all that just for him. I did it because the whole world was in danger.’ Hades allowed himself the faintest smile,but there was nothing cruel in his eyes. ‘I can entertain the possibility that you acted for multiple reasons. My point is this: you and I rose to the aid of Olympus because you convinced me to let go of my anger. I would encourage you to do likewise. My children are so rarely happy. I … I would like to see you be an exception.’

Nico di Angelo and Hades, Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

—So, basically, you’re saying not to get worked up over winning or losing? It’s okay to lose because each person has their own personality that won’t lose to anybody that’s exclusive to themselves. Having people read “Yu-Gi-Oh!” and get that message makes me extremely glad. I don’t think there’s any need to get down in the dumps on parts of losing because people are guaranteed to get stronger as many times as they lose. When they lose, there is a definite meaning as to why they lost, so people who keep that in mind are likely to succeed. What you gain from losing is likely to be substantial. Today’s society seems to be stuck in a world of nothing but “winners” and “losers,” but I don’t agree with that. People who lose are never really ‘losers,’ they should take it as a step to search for more, or, a test for winning. You may have lost, but life goes on. So, please, don’t ever think, “I’m such a failure,” or anything of the sort. If you go about things thinking, “It’s okay to lose,” you’ll not only relieve the shock from losing, but you’ll build up the energy to go forward. I can assure you that losing has substantial merits. So, I wish that everybody tries their best and not fear losing. You could almost say that is one’s true strength.

Kazuki Takahashi (via stealtharchaeologist)

Nichelle smirked at Quentin and Tara. "You look like some weird monument to toilets."

Nichelle, Michael Vey: Hunt for Jade Dragon

The Host Quotes

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I should’ve been very cross with Anubis. Kissing me without permission—the nerve!

Sadie Kane, The Throne of Fire, The Kane Chronicles, Rick Riordan

I thought she’d make some comment about the bloodthirsty gods chasing us, but when she finally found her voice, she said, “That boy kissed you!” Leave it to Liz to have her priorities straight.

Sadie Kane, The Throne of Fire, The Kane Chronicles, Rick Riordan