Never bet against a cat.
RICK RIORDANAfterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don’t have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
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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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Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to “‘clean'” it, and suddenly you can’t find anything?
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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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Good luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)
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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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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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I don’t care what your nose says! The last time you smelled half-blood, it turned out to be a meatloaf sandwich!” “Meatloaf sandwiches are good! But this is a half-blood scent, I swear. They are on board!” “Bah, your brain isn’t on board!
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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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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They know they’ve won,” Carter guessed. “They’re making a show of it.” “Yes,” Amos said. “Well, let’s blow up the boats or something!” I said. Amos looked at me. “Is that your strategy, honestly?
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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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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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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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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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