I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going through the 'greatest hits' from my years as a social studies teacher, and picked the historical characters and eras that most appealed to my students.
Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.
-
Kiera Cass
Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years.
-
Willa Cather
Learning the truth has become my life's love.
-
Dan Brown
I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory.
-
Steve Maraboli
It is better to fill your head with useless knowledge than no knowledge at all.
-
Jim Hinckley
More Quotes By Rick Riordan
Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
We're staying together, " he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.
Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the...
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...
