I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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Nice creepy reptile,” Frank said, very aware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. “Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile.
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Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. “Hang on. What about traps?” He frowned. “Traps?” “Didn’t Egyptian tombs have traps?” “Well…sometimes. But this isn’t a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse—” “Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.
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It’s always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)
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You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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Never bet against a cat.
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For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.
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Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” A god named Fred?
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Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
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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 best underwater kiss of all time.
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That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.” Which one is me?” I asked. The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested. Oh, shut up.
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dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
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Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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I’m a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation.
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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Humans see what they want to see.
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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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Things will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
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Most of Set’s forces were running towards our boat, screaming and throwing rocks (which tended to fall down and hit them, but no one says demons are bright).
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The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.
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