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“I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea, How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art.”

“A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.”

“Percy smiled at her - that sarcastic troublemaker smile that had annoyed her for years but eventually had become endearing. His sea-green eyes were as gorgeous as she remembered. His dark hair was swept to one side, like he'd just come from a walk on the beach. He looked even better than he had six months ago - tanner and taller, leaner and more muscular.

Percy threw his arms around her. They kissed and for a moment nothing else mattered. An asteroid could have hit the planet and wiped out all life, and Annabeth wouldn't have cared.”

“It's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you're not…”

“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.”

“The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.”

“The genius may appear selfish, but most of his intentions are always innocent and pure.”

“The immortality of the soul is that there is no death without life and there is no life after death. Life goes on.”

“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”

“In my end is my beginning.”

“It is not the length of life, but the depth.”

“God should be welcomed in the heart and not in the act of worship alone.”

“As a realist, you must give me the watch and not the time.”

“The damned thing works! (telegram, on the first successful television broadcast)”

“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”

“Be happy because you're living today, not today, but tomorrow because of your determination.”

“Every Muslim, from the moment they realize the distinction in their hearts, hates Americans, hates Jews and hates Christians. For as long as I can remember, I have felt tormented and at war, and have felt hatred and animosity for Americans.”

“Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.”

“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”