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Rick Riordan

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
Frank stared at him. “Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it’s unfair that I can be an elephant?” Percy considered. “Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you’re totally beast-” “Just shut up,” Frank said. “Please.” Percy cracked a smile.
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Breath Frank Freak Glacier Hurricane Share Underwater Unfair
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
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
It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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Enjoy Feel Hard Joke Like One Practical Whole
Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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Away Detail Easily Embrace Some Pain Wish
Hope survives best at the hearth.
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Best Hearth Hope Survive
Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted. “I will—” “Die?” Carter suggested.
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Ancient Compliment Country Family Limb Rend Scream Socket Something Sure
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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Afraid Pinochle Play Sir Suspicious Told Well
Whathat!” Tyson gasped. “Those are the stables for the pegasi,” I replied, “You know, winged horses?” “Whasthat!” “Um… those are the toilets.
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Gasped Horse Pegas Reply Stable Toilet Winge
Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
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Around Brain Careful Down Leave Love Right Think Twist Wrong
Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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Alone Burn Country Daughter Mark People Person Walk Wisdom
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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Always Escape People Pull Punishment Something Told Wonderful Young
I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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Death Felt Fight Great 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
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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Arm Country Down Frown Grab Hang People Person Start Trap

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