– Exact, répondit Cécrops avec amertume, comme s’il regrettait ses décisions. Mes sujets étaient les premiers Athéniens, les gémeaux. – Comme ton signe astrologique ? demanda Percy. Moi je suis Lion. – Mais non, dit Léo. Tu dois être Poissons, toi. Lion, c’est pour Léo.
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GEORGES MOUSTAKI Au-dessus de mes mots maladroits, au-dessus des raisonnements qui me peuvent tromper, tu considères... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Quant à moi, maintenant, j'ai fermé mon âme. Je ne dis plus à personne ce que je crois, ce que j... GUY DE MAUPASSANT Le malheur avait mis les habits du mensonge Ils étaient d’un beau rouge couleur du... JACQUES PRéVERT Je me suis enfin réveillé de ce cauchemar dans lequel le temps s’enfuyait comme s’il avait com... SYLVAIN TESSON Tu vois, c'est pas comme dans les films, où les filles préfèrent les salauds ou les mecs dans ce ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY — Faites entrer le voyou en costard-cravate, s'il vous plaît. — L'avocat ou le banquier, m... CASSANDRA O'DONNELL Pour grands que soient les rois, ils sont ce que nous sommes: Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autre... PIERRE CORNEILLE Le Chat Viens, mon beau chat, sur mon coeur amoureux; Retiens les griffes de... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Lorsqu’il essaya de l’expliquer à Hermione, celle-ci répondit : – Ce sont les examens qui fo... J.K. ROWLING Attendez!... Je choisis mes rimes... Là, j'y suis. (Il fait ce qu'il dit, à mesure.) EDMOND ROSTAND Ce qui m'intéresse, c'est de savoir qui paie les Rédempteurs, pas de me débarrasser d'une poigné... GABRIEL KATZ L’ambition des principaux profita de ces circonstances pour perpétuer leurs charges dans leurs fa... JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU - J'ai toujours eu un problème avec les tomates-mozzarella - Ah oui, lequel? - je me dema... GILLES LEGARDINIER Les riches , comme les pauvres au moment de leur mort n'emporte avec eux qu'un drap blanc. La differ... WILLIAM RIHANI De leur meilleur côté tâchons de voir les choses: Vous vous plaignez de voir les rosiers ép... ALPHONSE KARR - J’aidais justement Ghezumi et Kassergh à bâter l’hypocras : du vin au miel avec de la cannel... CYRILLE MENDES Si tu entamais ces friandises ? Ah, les Dragées surprises de Bertie Crochue ! Un jour, quand j’é... J.K. ROWLING Cependant, pour les pays les plus avancés, les mesures suivantes pourront assez généralement êtr... KARL MARX Tu dois aimer. Tu dois ressentir. C'est la raison pour laquelle tu es ici sur terre. Tu es ici pour ... LOUISE ERDRICH Oui, je me rappelai. Je connaissais le creux de ce corps protecteur. Je connaissais les batteme... CARINA ROZENFELD Je suis comme ça. Ou j'oublie tout de suite ou je n'oublie jamais." Samuel BECKETT, En a... SAMUEL BECKETT Le mai le joli mai en barque sur le Rhin Des dames regardaient du haut de la montagne Vous... GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE - Tu es et tu resteras toujours une petite-bourgeoise moraliste. Comme Camus. - Tu es et tu res... JEAN-MICHEL GUENASSIA Tous les jours arrivaient des avions et sur chacun, il y avait un message. « Gardez votre eau ... CHRISTIANE DUCHESNE Je t'aime Roza...je serais là pour toi. Je ne laisserais jamais rien t'arriver. Et je ne laiss... RICHELLE MEAD L’enfer, ce n’est pas les autres, c’est l’obligation de vivre avec eux. SYLVAIN TESSON En un sens, le titre d’ancien, utilisé à son adresse par l’homme des bois, le ravit. C’est l... CYRILLE MENDES Chaque âge a ses plaisirs, son esprit et ses mœurs. Un jeune homme, toujours bouillant ... NICOLAS BOILEAU Lorsque la confusion règne, il est facile de se rappeler cette vérité : Je ne suis ni mes pensée... ECKHART TOLLE J'attends avec impatience le jour où les chercheurs se rendront compte que, dans les mythes, ils on... RENé GIRARD Refuser de faire quelque chose parce qu'on l'a déjà fait, parce qu'on a déjà vécu l'expérience... MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ Tu as les jambes longues mais la mémoire courte ! GRATIEN GéLINAS - Toi et ta grande cause... (Ignorant le troubadour, le sorceleur avança en titubant.) Ta grande ca... ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI - Toi et ta grande cause... (Ignorant le troubadour, le sorceleur avança en titubant.) Ta grande ca... ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI C’est juste à ce moment-là qu’on l’a rencontré dans le hall d’entrée. Il était déjà a... J.K. ROWLING Je suis a toi. PEPPER WINTERS ... c'est peut-être ça la vie : beaucoup de désespoir mais aussi quelques moments de beauté où ... MURIEL BARBERY Mes joues creuses et mon regard perçant ne facilitent pas les choses quand il s'agit de franchir un... BJøRN GABRIELSEN - Mais au début, vous avez dû être heureuse? - Juste le temps d'y voir clair. Vous croyez pe... AGATHE COLOMBIER HOCHBERG Le serpent qui danse Que j'aime voir, chère indolente, De ton corps si beau,... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Je suis devenu pompier parce que je voulais sauver des gens. Mais j'aurais dû être plus précis. J... JODI PICOULT Du reste, la majorité des orientalistes ne sont et ne veulent être que des érudits ; tant qu’il... RENé GUéNON [...] Et ma fièvre ? D'où vient-elle ? - Allons donc, c'est un incident sans conséquence qui... THOMAS MANN A qui écris-tu? -A toi. En fait, je ne t'écris pas vraiment, j'écris ce que j'ai envie de fa... ANNA GAVALDA que ferais-je sans ce monde que ferais-je sans ce monde sans visage sans questions ... SAMUEL BECKETT Peut-être vas-tu me trouver ridicule, mais je me mépriserais de n'oser l'être jamais. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Moi qui pour mon malheur ai toujours eu une curiosité passionnée pour les choses de l'esprit... STEFAN ZWEIG Tu joues ? Oui, c'est ça, tu joues, tu t'amuses avec les gens qui t'entourent, c'est très clair à... LAURENT BETTONI – Bah alors, c’est ce que je dis, avec la dotation qu’on a, ajouta Făneață puis il se leva... CăLIN TORSAN Parfois, tu rêves que le sommeil est une morte lente qui te gagne, une anestésie douce et terrible... GEORGES PEREC Sans doute te demandes-tu si je ne suis pas aigri de n'en avoir écrit aucun. Eh bien, non! Mon tale... ALEXANDRE JARDIN La porte s’est ouverte tout de suite et est allée co - gner contre le mur. J’ai perçu un claqu... SYLVIE BéRARD Tel est toujours le plaisir : Il excite ceux qui en jouissent Et comme un essaim d'abeille... BOèCE La vie imite l'art, l'art imite la vie; parfois je suis incapable de les distinguer. WILLIAM GOLDMAN Le chuintement des portes qui se referment masque mon salut au chauffeur, et le bus redémarre dans ... JULIE TURCONI La parole humaine est comme un chaudron fêlé où nous battons des mélodies à faire danser les ou... GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Ce qu'il voyait dépasser de sa manche ressemblait à un gros gant en caoutchouc, couleur chair. Il ... J.K. ROWLING Les défauts de l'âme sont comme les blessures du corps: quelque soin qu'on prenne de les guérir, ... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD J'ai encore un vif souvenir de Freud me disant : "Mon cher Jung, promettez-moi de ne jamais abandonn... C.G. JUNG AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuv... SOPHOCLES La façon dont tu traites les autres est un reflet direct de la façon dont tu te sens envers toi-m�... PAULOT COELHO Les stoïciens ont voulu soutenir que nos passions dépendent entièrement de notre volonté, et que... BARUCH SPINOZA En ce moment, je me sépare tant soit peu de moi-même et vais à la rencontre de la personne qui s'... VIRGINIA WOOLF Le peuple est un troupeau imbécile, tantôt stupidement patient et tantôt férocement révolté. O... GUY DE MAUPASSANT Dans les époques de stérilité, on devrait hiberner, dormir jour et nuit pour conserver ses forces... EMIL M. CIORAN Tu connais l'effet que je fais au mecs: les premiers mois, ils adorent ça, que j'aille si mal et il... VIRGINIE DESPENTES I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
[Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais p... VITTORIO ALFIERI Elle lui semblait si belle, si séduisante, si différente des gens du commun qu'il ne comprenait pa... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ L'avenir, il y faut travailler comme les tisseurs de haute lice travaillent à leurs tapisseries, sa... HENRIK IBSEN Je ne veux pas que tu aimes "ça en moi", je veux que tu aimes "moi tout entier". MATHIAS MALZIEU Puis il réfléchit: la réalité ne coïncide habituellement pas avec les prévisions; avec une log... JORGE LUIS BORGES Il est également vrai qu'un échange est une transaction dans laquelle les deux contractants gagnen... ANTOINE DESTUTT DE TRACY Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and f... FRANCOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Cette qualité de la joie n’est-elle pas le fruit le plus précieux de la civilisation qui est nô... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Nous consommons ressources naturelles, énergie et matières premières comme si elles étaient des ... MARCEL LéGER Avec quelque spontanéité que nous obéissions à la voix qui nous dicte cette abnégation, nous se... ÉMILE DURKHEIM Je hais vos idées, mais je me ferait tuer pour que vous ayez le droit de les exprimer.I hate your i... VICTOR HUGO Je suis un artiste, et mon œuvre, c'est Moi. LOLITA PILLE The regrets are like yesterday: they announce only the future. (Les regrets sont comme hier: - Ils n... CHARLES DE LEUSSE La semaine dernière, nous avons pris une décision. Nous allions sortir pour déblayer les briques.... BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD Mais Frida ne se représente pas comme un personnage sacré, car elle constate son état avec une cr... HAYDEN HERRERA On dit père grec, mère suisse-française... On me demande, mais alors, quelle est votre patrie? Je... GEORGES HALDAS Les formes paraissaient étranges parce qu'elles étaient inconnues. RENé BARJAVEL La vie est un écho; ce que tu envoies, te revient, ce que tu sèmes, tu le récoltes, ce que tu don... ZIG ZIGLAR Reprenant une goulée de cervoise, le capitaine s’essuya les lèvres avec sa manche, se pencha ver... CYRILLE MENDES Il parvint à la reconnaitre au milieu du tumulte et, à travers les larmes de sa douleur irrémédi... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ J’ai déjà dit que la Communauté juive s’était chargée de recruter les travailleurs pour le ... BERNARD GOLDSTEIN The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.] JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE Comprendre... Vous n'avez que ce mot-là à la bouche, tous, depuis que je suis toute petite. Il fal... JEAN ANOUILH La vie c’est comme la bicyclette : quand on arrête de pédaler on tombe. ALBERT EINSTEIN Regardez mon enfant, voyez l'éclat de ses boucles folles et son sourire pareil à un vol de papillo... JODI PICOULT Alors, Hermione, tu admires toujours autant Lockhart, maintenant? dit Ron à travers le rideau. Si H... J.K. ROWLING
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"Did Octavian accept you?" "Yeah," Percy said. "He sla... RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you." Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you? RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g... RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his bac... RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ... RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language." Hazel tried not to laugh. "W... RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is... RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid. RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down." "But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?" I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh. "Je... RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed! RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio... RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th... RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning bolts t... RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w... RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo." Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be... RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?” The satyrs fell over... RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ... RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu... RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!" Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ... RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren... RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w... RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain... RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi... RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods." I hesita... RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ... RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez! RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна! - Гррр! - обади... RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб... RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ) RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together. RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger. Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo... RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties... RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” ... RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn... RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?" "Just over the river and through the woods." Percy raised an ey... RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr... RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul! RICK RIORDAN In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ... RICK RIORDAN THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!" Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t... RICK RIORDAN Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes. RICK RIORDAN Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all. RICK RIORDAN If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. RICK RIORDAN She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish. RICK RIORDAN A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ... RICK RIORDAN Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers ... RICK RIORDAN Humans see what they want to see. RICK RIORDAN Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. RICK RIORDAN Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, wh... RICK RIORDAN You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought. RICK RIORDAN This is so cool!" Nico said, jumping up and down in the driver's seat. "Is this really the sun? I th... RICK RIORDAN Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I'd known what was coming, I would've called i... RICK RIORDAN I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret. RICK RIORDAN For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked a... RICK RIORDAN He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace.... RICK RIORDAN Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’ ‘How can you even talk to me like t... RICK RIORDAN Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?" He shrugged. "Techn... RICK RIORDAN Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair. RICK RIORDAN With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later. RICK RIORDAN Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can." Grover cracked a smile.... RICK RIORDAN Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friend... RICK RIORDAN Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wro... RICK RIORDAN What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apol... RICK RIORDAN Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind... RICK RIORDAN Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die. RICK RIORDAN I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue pla... RICK RIORDAN Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand... RICK RIORDAN Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over aga... RICK RIORDAN She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doin... RICK RIORDAN The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive. RICK RIORDAN How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big ... RICK RIORDAN Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between... RICK RIORDAN Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs a... RICK RIORDAN Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face. RICK RIORDAN I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster." End of discussion.The Tita... RICK RIORDAN We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.” Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez i... RICK RIORDAN Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad. RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Perc... RICK RIORDAN You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again! RICK RIORDAN Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest. RICK RIORDAN Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s... RICK RIORDAN