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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Rick Riordan

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
Love was the most savage monster of all.
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Expression Feeling Love Most Moster Savage
The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
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Choice Easy Ever Hardly Right
Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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Done Everybody Hard Love Once Party Show Work
If anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)
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Anybody Enough Falcon Hamster Magic Myself People Rush Worse
Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.” “Combat time?” Piper grabbed her horn of plenty. “I hate wonder bread,” Jason said. Together, they charged.
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Combat Friend Get Grabbed Guy Look Piger Plenty Shit Time Tired
Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
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Appreciate Better Change New Something Sometimes Take
Humans see what they want to see.
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Human Look Visible Vision Want
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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Always Being Bitter Brilliant Easy Horrible Inventor Make Mistake Misunderstand
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
The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation,” she said. “Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.
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Dangerous Easy Evil Fight Flaw Good Lack Moderation Most Wisdom
Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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Despair Expectation Hero Rarely
I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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Able Ever Five Idea Lifetime More Write
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
But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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Act Boy Kind Powerful Remember Sometimes Sword
Brother,” Artemis chided. “You do not help my Hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart.
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Brother Call Chided Flirt Help Hunter Look Sweetheart Talk

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

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