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Rick Riordan

I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.
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Always Back Badge Country Difference Discover Hear Kids Learn Love People Wear
Just because you don’t see me doesn’t mean I wasn’t there
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Just Look See Visible Vision
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
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Break Difficult Fix Machine More People Person Work
If I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
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Burn Going might Well
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
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
Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control traffic.” You both sound like my mother,” I said. Shut up!” they both said in union.
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Control Country Demand Faster Glare Mother People Person Sound Thing Traffic
You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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Anything Forge Mean Must Own Path
The sea does not like to be restrained.
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Like Nature Restrain Sea
your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos’s traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty Percy. You do not know when it is time to cut your losses. To save a friend you would sacrifice the world.
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Country Fatal Kronos Love Loyalty People Person Personal Trap Use
Great victory requires great risk. -Hera
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Great Need Require Risk Victor
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
Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
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Embraces Ever Form Must Notice Parent People Second
Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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End Kid Life Only Precious
Things will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
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Out Plan Thing Way Work
A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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Anyone Anywhere Challenge Go Hero Long Nerve
Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
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Beginm Say Believe Country Morning New Power Sunrise World
Otrera stayed dead the second time,” Kinzie said, batting her eyes. “We have to thank you for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend…well, I think you’d look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit.” Percy couldn’t tell if she was kidding or not. He politely thanked her and changed seats.
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Dead Eye Girlfriend New Other Stay Thank Time
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
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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All Bad Ding Dong Giant Go Goddess People Country Throw Well
Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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Baboon Completly Going Nut Say Sky
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
dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.
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Deal Man Mean Multiple Personality
Humans see what they want to see.
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Human Look Visible Vision Want
Hope survives best at the hearth.
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Best Hearth Hope Survive
I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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Ability Annoy Hard Insult Try Very
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

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