Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
RICK RIORDANThe 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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It’s natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.
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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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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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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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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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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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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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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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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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You do know how to play pinochle?” Mr. D eyed me suspiciously. “I’m afraid not,” I said. “I’m afraid not, sir,” he said. “Well,” he told me, “it is, along with gladiator fighting and Pac-Man, one of the greatest games ever invented by humans. I would expect all civilized young men to know the rules.
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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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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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Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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