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Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook --BOOM, BOOM, BOOM--which either meant a SWAT team was breaking down the door or Mrs. O'Leary was wagging her tail. I couldn't help but smile.
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paul
percy-jackson
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Just keep moving! we're almost there." "almost where?" Juno chuckled. "all roads lead there child. you should know that" "detention?" Percy asked. "Rome, child, the old woman said. "Rome"
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You're already married!" Hera protested. "To me!" "Curses!" said Zeus. "Er, I mean, of course, dear."
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But it's your Oracle," I protested. "Can't you tell us what the prophecy means?" Apollo sighed. "You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear through the search."
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prophecy
percy
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Ella was fluttering above him, dodging missiles and calling out advice: "The groin. The Earthborn's groin is sensitive." SMASH! "Good. Yes. Tyson found its groin."
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humor
tyson
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Nico clenched his sword. Sharing his secret crush hadn't been the worst of it. Eventually he might have done that, in his own time, in his own way. But being forced to talk about Percy, being bullied and harassed and strong-armed simply for Cupid's amusement ... Tendrils of darkness were now spreading out from his feet, killing all the weeds between the cobblestones. Nico tried to rein in his anger.
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percy-jackson
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Either the kid was naturally hyper or he was hopped up on enough caffeine to give a heart attack to a water buffalo.
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Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn't a compliment. "I will rend your limbs from their sockets!" he shouted. "I will--" "Die?" Carter suggested."
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Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn't mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)
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Remember what it's like to be human,
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human
jason-grace
promise
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Rick Riordan |
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95c3fe1
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It's not how long you live that matters. It's what you live for.
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ba9961e
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It doesn't matter! From waist down, my best friend is a donkey.....
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a12f0fb
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Die,human! Die, silly polluting nasty person!
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ae6d92d
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Besides, you're a cat. It's your nature to think you're the center of the universe.
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I'M PRETTY GOOD at multitasking, so I figured I could flee in terror and argue at the same time.
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Hey girl," he said, wiggling his eyebrows. "You must be the riptide, 'cause you sweep me off my feet." He'd be practicing that pickup line for years. He was glad he finally got yo use it."
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Yes, Jason Grace." Favonius arched an eyebrow. "I fell in love with a . Does that shock you?"
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heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson
house-of-hades
jason-grace
rick-riordan
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b75dac8
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Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.
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opening-lines
first-sentence
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Rick Riordan |
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a4eedfd
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No," I said. "I choose the prophecy. It will be about me." "Why are you saying that?" she cried. "You want to be responsible for the whole world?" It was the last thing I wanted, but I didn't say that. I knew I had to step up and claim it. "I can't let Nico be in any more danger," I said. "I owe that much to his sister. I...let them both down. I'm not going to let that poor kid suffer any more."
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vows
percy-jackson
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046c9fb
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My only thought was to keep him away from Annabeth.
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the-last-olympian
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
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94d34e0
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The waiter brought fresh-baked bread and cheese, a bottle of sparkling water for Annabeth, and a Coke with ice for me (because I'm a barbarian).
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Used to be goddy Now uptown feeling shoddy Bah, haiku don't rhyme
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But Annabeth knew that people saw what they wanted to see. They didn't need the Mist to warp their perceptions.
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Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. "It's green!" Nico said with delight."
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humour
nico-diangelo
percy-jackson
nico-di-angelo
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8a5ca00
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Sam's phone buzzed. She fished it out of her pocket, checked the screen, and cursed. "I have to go." "You just got here." "Valkyrie business. Possible code three-eight-one: heroic death in progress." "You're making that up." "I'm not." "So...what, somebody thinks they're about to die and they text you 'Going down! Need Valkyrie ASAP!' followed by a bunch of sad-face emojis?"
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humorous
humour
funny
humor
humorous-quote
humorous-quotations
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6211de5
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You think it's okay that we're eating Rudolph?" "Dude," Percy said, "I could eat Prancer and Blitzen, too. I'm HUNGRY."
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1b52928
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Your lifeline...oh, the burning stick. Right." Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: BWAH HA HA!"
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1fb23a4
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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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telkine
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Rick Riordan |
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e431e77
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My sister, with her ratty red-highlighted hair and her linen pajamas and her combat boots--how could she possibly worry about being possessed by a goddess? What goddess would want her, except the goddess of chewing gum?
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Rick Riordan |
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946c4d1
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Most of Set's forces were running towards our boat, screaming and throwing rocks (which tended to fall down and hit them, but no one says demons are bright).
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4bb8552
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I missed him so much I would sometimes turn to tell him something before I forgot he was gone. In spite of all that, and all the emotion boiling around inside me, all I could think of to say was: "You're blue."
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3458131
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Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.
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Rick Riordan |
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b60187a
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Two farewell gifts," Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life."
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romance
humor
kane
throne-of-fire
walt
kane-chronicles
sadie
sadie-kane
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Rick Riordan |
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57dc2b7
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Clovis,' Nico growled, 'for the gods' sake, stop dreaming so powerfully!
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nico-di-angelo
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Rick Riordan |
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5119446
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At the front window was something that looked like a machine gun with a cluster of barrels. "Rocket launcher?" he wondered aloud. "Nope, nope! Potatoes. Ella doesn't like potatoes." "Ella! Where are the others?" "Roof. Ogre-watching. Ella doesn't like ogres. Potatoes." Potatoes? Frank didn't understand until he swiveled the machine gun around. Its eight barrels were loaded with spuds. At the base of the gun, a basket was filled with more e..
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son-of-neptune
heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
frank-zhang
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0d5cf3b
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The thing about talking swords...it's hard to tell when they're kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.
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Oh, he's not like that," said Favonius. Jason flinched. "You can read my mind?" "I don't need to." Favonius tossed his bronze hoop in the air. " has the wrong impression of Cupid... until they meet him."
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favonius
eros
heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson
house-of-hades
jason-grace
nico-di-angelo
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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90a82c4
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Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank's face. "I suppose I should know who Pelops was?" "He was a prince, won his wife in a chariot race. Supposedly he started the Olympic games in honor of that." Hazel sniffed. "How romantic. 'Nice wife you have, Prince Pelops.' 'Thanks. I won her in a chariot race."
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prince-pelops
totally-romantic
prize
frank
wife
leo
hazel
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Rick Riordan |
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dbd7972
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But in his heart, he to be at Camp Half-Blood. The months he'd spent there with Piper and Leo had felt more satisfying, more than all his years at Camp Jupiter. Besides, at Camp Half-Blood, there was at least a he might meet his father someday. The gods hardly ever stopped by Camp Jupiter to say hello.
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heart
camp-half-blood
home
camp-jupiter
heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson
house-of-hades
jason-grace
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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d7b2798
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And do you know what a full-fledged war would look like, Percy?" "Bad?" I guessed. "Imagine the world in chaos. Nature at war with itself. Olympians forced to choose sides between Zeus amd Poseidon. Destruction. Carnage. Millions dead. Western civilization turned into a battleground so big it will make the Trojan War look like a water-balloon fight." "Bad," I repeated."
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f392fd1
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At the Feast of Fortune, she'll awaken, and the demigods will be cut down like-- like---" "Like our low prices at Bargain Mart!" Stheno suggested."
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Rick Riordan |
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0dd8b20
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Glad you're back to normal. The makeup and the dress were a lot more intimidating than the dagger." "Get going, Sparky, before I skewer you." "Sparky?"
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names
piper
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Rick Riordan |
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967beb3
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Annabeth Thalia and I hadn't seen each other in months but between the blizzard and the thought of what we were about to do we were too nervous to talk much. Except for my mom. She talks more when she's nervous. By the time we finally got to Westover Hall it was getting dark and she'd told Annabeth and Thalia every embarrassing baby story there was to tell about me.
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sally-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
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ba44320
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When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that would hold him to his mortal life. Otherwise he would've dissolved. I had seen Annabeth, and I had a feeling he had too. He had pictured that scene Hestia showed me--of himself in the good old days with Thalia and Annabeth, when he promised they would be a family. Hurting Annabeth in battle had shocked him into remembering that promise. It had ..
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the-hero-in-the-great-prophecy
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