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You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.

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
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
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
Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.
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Brave Enough Hero Invincible Mean Needed
Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations
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Despair Expectation Hero Rarely
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
I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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Book Good Kid More Possibly Produce Think
It’s natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.
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Delusional Fel Fera Great Natural Stupid Warrior
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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Ask Deform Five Nuts One Said Suggest
Humans see what they want to see.
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Human Look Visible Vision Want
You are one freaking awesome baboon.
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Awesome Baboon Freaking
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
With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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Come Great Later Nap Need Power Take Wake
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
dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
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Deal Man Mean Multiple Personality
Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to “‘clean'” it, and suddenly you can’t find anything?
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Anything Helpful Like Mom Person Some Suddenly Try

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