How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I guessed I'd always felt like my parents loved me, but willing to die for me? Believing it was necessary so Sadie and I could do some amazing world-saving stuff? I didn't ask for that. (29.26)
Here's another tough run-in with the logic of sacrifice: people make sacrifices for a reason, and in this book, the reason is usually a darned good one. What if you find out that you're the reason for the sacrifice? What then? How do you make sure the sacrifice was worth it? What are the penalties if you don't?
Quote #8
He pressed his staff against the capstone… but before Desjardins could destroy it, Set rose up behind him and swung his rod like a baseball bat. Desjardins tumbled, broken and unconscious, all the way down the pyramid, disappearing into the mob of demons. (38.27-28)
Desjardins is the guy we love to hate, but that doesn't mean his willingness to sacrifice himself to defeat Set isn't noteworthy.
Quote #9
Over the last few days, I'd lost everything—my home, my ordinary life, my father. I'd been almost killed half a dozen times… When Anubis had questioned me in the Underworld, he'd wanted to know what I would sacrifice to save the world. What haven't I sacrificed already? I wanted to scream. What have I got left? (31.27-29)
As Sadie so eloquently puts it, sacrifice can stink. It takes things away from you: a sense of security and safety, and also the people you love. Once you start making sacrifices for your cause, how do you know when to stop? How much can you give before you've given everything you've got?