“Percy," Grover said, "the godsdon't appreciate people sitting in their thrones. I mean like turn-you-into-a-pile-of-ashes don't appreciate it.”

“If you have the opportunity to play this game called life, you have to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don't appreciate their moment until it's passed.”

Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”

Christopher Paolini (1983) American author

“nothing says 'I love you' like reducing yourself to a smoldering pile of ashes”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

“The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

“Sometimes, regarding God, my insignificance, inferiority and powerlessness don't sit well with me but it is at this moment I appreciate it, my existence even more.”

- Goa

“We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.”

Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007) 1st President of Russia and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR

“Makes us appreciate blessing, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus.”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

“You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mean a Neptune thing."
"Then you and Arion should get along fine," Hazel said. "He's a son of Neptune too."
Percy turned pale. "Excuse me?”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

“Some people just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.”

James Patterson (1947) American author