1dcc608
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With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can." Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?" Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?" "Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries." Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom." ... I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand." "I want to use the da..
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Rick Riordan |
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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meaning
life
inspirational
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Rick Riordan |
9457d6b
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Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
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humor
procrastinate
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Rick Riordan |
003cdb9
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Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?" "Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?" "Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart."
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true-love
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Rick Riordan |
6050750
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Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said. "That's not what I meant."
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hot
sun
olympians
gods
thalia
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
b5d6341
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Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.
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Rick Riordan |
c4c1689
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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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Rick Riordan |
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How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big bathtub."
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Rick Riordan |
c2d107c
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People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
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people
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Rick Riordan |
88cd69c
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Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned. "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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zoe-nightshade
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
0a8a5d8
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The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important." "It was probab..
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humor
gold
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
eab7498
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Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
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humor
sorry
greek
percy-jackson
mythology
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Rick Riordan |
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What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?" "I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you." "Why?" "Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?"
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athena
poseidon
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
4a48772
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In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day.
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humor
olympians
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Rick Riordan |
be9f98b
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It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
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mankind
reality
humans
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Rick Riordan |
9fe0042
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Dreams like a podcast, Downloading truth in my ears. They tell me cool stuff." "Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.
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poem
humor
fred
haiku
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
80ed867
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Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.
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Rick Riordan |
07d1ae0
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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inspirational
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Rick Riordan |
1f3247a
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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future
knowledge
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Rick Riordan |
28ab0b5
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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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wisdom
inspirational
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Rick Riordan |
2d06814
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It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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humor
prank
joke
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Rick Riordan |
63586ad
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Um...is that thing ?" Frank said. The horse whinnied angrily. "I don't think so," Percy guessed. "He just said, "
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silly-chinese-canadian-baby-man
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Rick Riordan |
66bdde9
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You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.
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mythological
paradise
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Rick Riordan |
a0d8323
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Can you surf really well, then?" I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
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myth
funny
humor
posiedon
the-lightning-thief
olympians
athena
zeus
percy-jackson
mythology
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Rick Riordan |
38df1a8
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We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."
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emotion
heartbreak
love
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
614ae69
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You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?" "Not even a little bit." I showed him that I still had both arms and both legs, and Tyson clapped happily. "Yay!" he said. "Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM!" I hoped he didn't mean all at the same time, but I told him absolutely, we'd have a lot of fun this summer."
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peanut-butter
olympians
tyson
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
074e574
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God alert!" Blackjack yelled. "It's the wine dude! Mr. D sighed in exasperation. "The next person, or horse, who calls me the 'wine dude' will end up in a bottle of Merlot!"
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percy-jackson
dionysus
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Rick Riordan |
7b8a6fa
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The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.
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love
obsession
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Rick Riordan |
3f81427
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He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically. He grinned at us, waiting for applause. "That last line was four syllables." Artemis said. Apollo frowned. "Was it?" "Yes. What about "No, no, that's six syllable, hhhm." He started muttering to himself. Zoe Nightshade turned to us. "Lord Apollo has been going through this haiku phase ever since he visited Japan. Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick. If I'd had to he..
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humor
haiku
artemis
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Rick Riordan |
5f8c379
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Rachel: You're a half-blood, too? Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about? Rachel: Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren't human! They're half Greek god!...They don't seem to care.
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humor
half-blood
rachel-elizabeth-dare
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Rick Riordan |
ee2270f
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Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?
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percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
0c5362f
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Humans see what they want to see.
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mankind
self-delusion
willful-ignorance
perception
humans
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Rick Riordan |
0c73013
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The real world is where the monsters are.
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world
reality
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Rick Riordan |
17117d3
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Jason scratched his head. "You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, 'festus' means 'happy'? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?"
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names
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Rick Riordan |
7e1012d
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Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked. "It only works on wild animals." "So it would only affect Percy," Annabeth reasoned. "Hey!" I protested."
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banter
grover-underwood
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
d922ec6
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I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts -Leo Valdez
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the-mark-of-athena
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up. "You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." "You are going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?" "You would've done the same for me." It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod."
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friendship
debt
favor
knife
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
4adbfc5
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Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.
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wings
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Rick Riordan |
1d90455
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She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?" You'd probably kick my butt." You I'd kick your butt." I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable . . . Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal." Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah?" Then up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a go..
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percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
3e71cf3
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She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.
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fish
humor
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Rick Riordan |
cb437dd
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Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as far as she could into the water. Octavian made a squeaking sound. "What was that for? I didn't say it! That could've been evidence. Or spoils of war!" Annabeth tried for a dumb-blonde smile, like: Nobody who knew her would have been fooled. But Octavian seemed to buy it. He huffed in exasperation. "You other two..." He pointed his blade a..
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fighting
smile
seawater
octavian
percy-jackson
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rick riordan |
b6e66ba
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Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is."
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percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
d168b46
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Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?
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