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.
RICK RIORDANI have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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Is it fair your life burns so short and bright? Death had asked. “No such thing as fair,” Frank told himself. “If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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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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Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
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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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They know they’ve won,” Carter guessed. “They’re making a show of it.” “Yes,” Amos said. “Well, let’s blow up the boats or something!” I said. Amos looked at me. “Is that your strategy, honestly?
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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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Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
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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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