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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

Rick Riordan

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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Always Become Character Friend Hard Longer Series Spend Wrap
Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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Baboon Completly Going Nut Say Sky
You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
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Above Believing Chaos Keep Rise Squabbling
You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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Compell Else Matter Mothing Write
I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you must write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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Go Know Let Matter Must Spire Subject Tell Write Writer
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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Battle Box Desjardin Fuming Literally Mention Pink Robe Short Smole Still Tatter
Never bet against a cat.
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Against Animal Bet Cast never
Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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Now Sometimes Strength Wisdom
Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
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Corner Each Litle Own Remake Time World
Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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Cupid Expect Fair God Laughter Love never Play
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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Ask Bright Burn Death Fair Far Frank Himself Life Short Such Thing
When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace
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Country Doubt Famous Peron Popular Start Top
Sadie,” he said forlornly, “when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children’s.
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Become City Father Foremost Greatest Hardest Job One Parent Understand
A person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.
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Impact Legacy Person Shadow Stood World
Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.
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Caught Deaf English Just Language Remember Speak
No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
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Anything Hate Live Mean Myself No One
We choose to believe in Ma’at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That’s what Egypt is all about.
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Beauty Believe Chaos Choose Country Create Order Out Randomness Ugly
You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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Anything Forge Mean Must Own Path
I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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Battle Cry Hear Odd Yell
Knowledge isn’t always good for you.
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Always Good Knowledge
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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Back Book Course Enjoy Everyone Normally Pick Raeder Reluctant Think Up
Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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End Kid Life Only Precious
Love was the most savage monster of all.
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Expression Feeling Love Most Moster Savage
Just because you don’t see me doesn’t mean I wasn’t there
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Just Look See Visible Vision
It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
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Admit Outrage Strength Take Truth
Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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All Feeling Go Heart Lose Sorrow Tell
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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Again Around Back Blood Camp Council Discussion Donut Half Meet Most Serious Use

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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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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