I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
RICK RIORDANIf anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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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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I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don’t pick up a book are engaged with what I’m writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I’ve done my job.
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You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.
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It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed. -Hephaestus
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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.
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Chaos is impatient. It’s random. And above all it’s selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want.
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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to “‘clean'” it, and suddenly you can’t find anything?
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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