“Percy grunted. ‘Probably something to do with that creep Octavian. Maybe he was so bad at telling the future that he broke Apollo’s powers.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

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“On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.”

Variant: The good thing is Jason and I both outrank you so we can both tell you to shut up.
Source: The Mark of Athena

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“If someone tells you he is going to make "a realistic decision," you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.”

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“To believe something, one must imagine that it is more probable than not. Unless you show him what is probable or he realizes it himself, he may tell you that he believes and yet he will not believe.”

Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655) French novelist, dramatist, scientist and duelist

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Context: O just ones, hear me! You cannot condemn this man, monkey or parrot for saying that the moon is the world he comes from. If he is a man, all men are free. Is he then not free to imagine what he wants, even if he does not come from the moon? Can you force him to have only your visions? Impossible! You may make him say that he believes that the moon is not a world, but still he will not believe it. To believe something, one must imagine that it is more probable than not. Unless you show him what is probable or he realizes it himself, he may tell you that he believes and yet he will not believe.

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