“Magical powers worked sometimes; material powers worked all the time.”
Source: World of the Five Gods series, The Hallowed Hunt (2005), Chapter 12 (p. 218)
“Not all powers are spectacular." Hestia looked at me. "Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.”
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Rick Riordan
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The Last Olympian
Variant: Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding. -Hestia
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