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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

Rick Riordan
Knowledge, Fate, Knowing
Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

I tried very hard. But I can't help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.

Rick Riordan
Heart, Fate, Knowing
Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.841, Penguin UK

Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the same fate. First, you start carrying a man satchel. Next thing you know, you're running around in a bathrobe and pink bunny slippers, chasing chickens with a weed whacker.

Rick Riordan
Running, Weed, Fate
"The Son of Neptune". Book by Rick Riordan, October 4, 2011.

I figure the world is basically a machine. I don't know who made it, if it was the Fates, or the gods, or the capital-G god or whatever. But it chugs along the way it's supposed to most of the time. Sure, little pieces break off and stuff goes haywire once in a while, but mostly... things happen for a reason.

Rick Riordan
Fate, Break Off, Littles

Akhlys lunged at Percy, and for a split second he thought: Well, hey, I’m just smoke. She can’t touch me, right? He imagined the Fates up in Olympus, laughing at his wishful thinking: LOL, NOOB!

Rick Riordan
Fate, Thinking, Laughing

[Percy] kept hoping things would get better for Annabeth and him, but their lives just got more dangerous, as if the Three Fates were up there spinning their futures with barbed wire instead of thread just to see how much two demigods could tolerate.

Rick Riordan
Fate, Two, Get Better

Think long and hard about how you proceed, Nico di Angelo. You cannot lie to Cupid. If you let your anger rule you... well, your fate will be even sadder then mine.

Rick Riordan
Lying, Fate, Thinking

They send a person who can never stay," she whispered. "Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a little while. They send me a hero I can't help ... just the sort of person I can't help falling in love with." ... As I sailed into the lake I realized the Fates really were cruel. They sent Calypso someone she couldn't help but love. But it worked both ways. For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest what if.

Rick Riordan
Falling In Love, Hero, Fate

She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her.

Rick Riordan
Fate, Goes On, World

Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate

Rick Riordan
Karma, Fate, Trying

Frank had decided that whatever his fate was, he wouldn’t worry about it. He would just do the best he could to help his friends.

Rick Riordan
Fate, Worry, Helping

At least he had Annabeth. They would find a way out of Tartarus. They had to. He didn't think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be together. They hadn't survived so much just to get killed now.

Rick Riordan
Believe, Fate, Thinking
Rick Riordan (2013). “The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book 4)”, p.80, Penguin UK

Even the gods couldn't devise a fates so twisted.

Rick Riordan
Fate, Twisted

Percy Jackson," Hermes said, "because you have taken on the curse of Achilles, I must spare you. You are in the hands of the Fates now. But you will never speak to me like that again. You have no idea how much I have sacrificed, how much—" His voice broke, and he shrank back to human size. "My son, my greatest pride . . . my poor May . . ." He sounded so devastated I didn't know what to say. One minute he was ready to vaporize us. Now he looked like he needed a hug.

Rick Riordan
Taken, Fate, Pride

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