Athena Quotes

• Because all my life I've learned to suffer in silence - Athena

  Paulo Coelho

  Silence, Suffering, I've Learned

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• ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

  Aeschylus

  Winning, Wish, Righteous

  Aeschylus (1954). “Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore”

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• Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce as the day we ripped Troy's glittering crown of towers down. Stand by me - furious now as then, my bright-eyed one - and I would fight three hundred men, great goddess, with you to brace me, comrade-in-arms in battle!

  Homer

  Fighting, Men, Fire

  Homer (1997). “The Odyssey”, p.452, Penguin

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• Wisdom's daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.

  Rick Riordan

  Daughter, Rome, Mark

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• There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.

  Rick Riordan

  Clever, Way, Enough

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Daughter, Children

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• Athena always, always has a plan.

  Rick Riordan

  Plans

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy, but now they call this free will. At least the ancient Greeks were being honest.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Falling In Love, Order, People

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• Aphros nodded, a glint of pride in his eyes. “We have trained all the famous mer-heroes! Name a famous mer-hero, and we have trained him or her!” “Oh, sure,” Leo said. “Like…um, the Little Mermaid?” Aphros frowned. “Who? No! Like Triton, Glaucus, Weissmuller, and Bill!” “Oh. ”Leo had no idea who any of those people were. “You trained Bill? Impressive.

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Eye, Pride

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• I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts" - Leo Valdez

  Rick Riordan

  Thinking, Nuts, Trying

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• Frank tugged again with no luck. Even Hazel was trying not to laugh. Frank grimaced with concentration. Suddenly, he disappeared. On the deck where he’d been standing, a green iguana crouched next to an empty set of Chinese handcuffs. “Well done, Frank Zhang,” Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur. “That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.

  Rick Riordan

  Iguanas, Laughing, People

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• The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.

  Rick Riordan

  Fighting, Evil, Flaws

  Rick Riordan (2008). “Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse”, p.217, Penguin UK

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• Blackjack," Percy said, "this is Piper and Jason. They're friends." The horse nickered. "Uh, maybe later," Percy answered. Piper had heard that Percy could speak to horses, being the son of the horse lord Poseidon, but she'd never seen it in action. "What does Blackjack want?" she asked. "Donuts," Percy said. "Always donuts.

  Rick Riordan

  Horse, Son, Olympus

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• This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.

  Rick Riordan

  People, Jason, Annabeth

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• Hers was a beauty so pure that it was nearly painful to behold--Athena heading out on a Friday night.

  Jim Butcher

  Friday, Night, Painful

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.45, Penguin

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• Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Love Is, Definitions

  "The Witch of Portobello". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2007.

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• But the owls themselves are not hard to find, silent and on the wing, with their ear tufts flat against their heads as they fly and their huge wings alternately gliding and flapping as they maneuver through the trees. Athena's owl of wisdom and Merlin's companion, Archimedes, were screech owls surely, not this bird with the glassy gaze, restless on the bough, nothing but blood on its mind.

  Mary Oliver

  Blood, Wings, Bird

  Mary Oliver (2006). “Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays”, p.22, Beacon Press

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• Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies

  Rick Riordan

  Death, Favorite Hobby, Hobbies

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• May the strength of Ares and wisdom of Athena see you through. (Eros) And may Hades roast your hoary soul. (Julian)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Soul, May, Hades

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• Nefertiti is like Athena born from the brow of Zeus, a head-heavy armored goddess. She is beautiful but desexed.

  Camille Paglia

  Beautiful, Nefertiti, Goddess

  Camille Paglia (2018). “Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism”, p.65, Canongate Books

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• Ancient of days! august Athena! where, Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul? Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were; First in the race that led to glory's goal, They won, and pass'd away--Is this the whole?

  Lord Byron

  Dream, Men, Race

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.45, Cambridge University Press

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• Wisdom's daughter walks alone. That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. It meant without any special powers.

  Rick Riordan

  Daughter, Mean, People

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• Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.

  Rick Riordan

  Sound, Worthy, Plans

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.

  Aeschylus

  Party, Men, Two Sides

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• Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress." Grace frowned in disbelief. 'They're fighting to the death and you're admiring my clothes?' Athena laughed. 'Trust me, I pick my generals well. Priapus doesn't stand a chance.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Nice, Fighting, Light

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