It’s always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
RICK RIORDANYoung 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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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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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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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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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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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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Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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What are you?” She demanded. “My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?” Dad looked at Anubis. “What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.” “You didn’t need to tell me that.” Anubis’s face was grave. “I’ve learned to fear that sharp tongue.” Sadie looked outraged. “Excuse me?
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When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace
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Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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Frank nodded grimly. “Well…any goddess who throws a Ding Dong at a giant can’t be all bad. Let’s go.
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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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Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I’d known what was coming, I would’ve called in sick. I could’ve avoided an army of demons, a fight with a Titan, and a trick that almost got my friends and me cast into eternal darkness. But no, I had to take my stupid English exam.
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