Author has written 3 stories for Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and Harry Potter. Just another fanboy out there. Favorite Quotes: "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff." "History is the canvas upon which the great paint their masterpieces; each brush stoke standing out in stark contrast with the masses like a dark shadow in a pale, wintry forest forever to remain until time itself is meaningless." "Dwell not on the past, for whats done is done and cannot be undone. Look instead to the future and have heart, for there, just over the horizon awaits the greatest accomplishments any man could ever hope to achieve." "The best leaders are not those who seek power but those who are forced into a position of power and find, to their surprise, they wield it well." "Genius is 99% pespiration and 1% inspiration. Often a genius is merely someone who does their homework." "Be as different as you want to be, because those who care don't matter and those who matter don't care." "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." "...I am the master of my fate:/I am the captain of my soul." "The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right" "Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult." "The true tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it." "Believe that you have it, and you have it." "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores." "He who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity, but he who aims at mediocrity will fall short." "A man who dares waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." "Time and tide wait for no man." "You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time you must make it." "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probably reason why so few people engage in it." "Energy and persistence conquer all things." "Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." "The man who can move a mountain began by carrying away small stones." "It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." "Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in." "The measure of a man is what he does with power." "A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it." |
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