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Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter."

Nico didn't look convinced. In fact he looked like he was going to be sick. But he squared his shoulders and nodded. "You're right. I- I'm not afraid of a love god."

Favonius beamed. "Excellent! Would you like a snack before you go?


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He shrugged...
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Rhy laughed silentl...
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"I believe so," he said

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...
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I nodded into his shirt.
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God b...
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He smiled. Of course he's been there.
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Holy Romulus . . . Jason wished he could put ...
RICK RIORDAN Percy, let me go" she croaked. "You can't pull me up."
His face was white with effort. She coul...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN I love you," he said.

She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "...
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"I could change your mind," Zach said, surprising the hell out ...
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Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle repli...
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A...
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"...
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"Yeah...
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"Who's there?"
"Olive."
"Olive who?"
"Olive...ooh. I love you, to...
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...
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Not diamonds, pearls or riches, HELEN STEINER RICE It's beautiful," said Mort softly. "What is it?"

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Frank's head swam with pain. He forced himself...
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RICK RIORDAN This is what it's all been about with you," he said in an even tone. "All the fear, all
the run...
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percent survival rate and he’s ...
JOHN GREEN it's not his body
that changes
right away.
it's something
inside. he says
h...
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Jason flinched. "You can read my mind?"

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'I understand th...
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...
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“So what?” Alec rolled h...
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"Oh, no! You think so?"
"Yes."
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Truth is not a thing
Or a concept.
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She ...
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Cath's eye...
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"Like I said," he ...
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"Why?" he asked.
I couldn't believe he was s...
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He was in a precarious pos...
RICHELLE MEAD He gave a hard smile and the oxygen in my lungs evaporated. “We
both know I’m not a gentlem...
CATE TIERNAN Blue jeans, white shirt
Walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn
It was like, J...
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Isabelle wobbled. "He's a rat," she said darkly.
...
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STACIA KANE It's going to be okay," Park said.

She nodded. "Right."

"Because I love you."<...
RAINBOW ROWELL Please," he says. "I'm begging you to stop."

I still.

"I can't stomach your p...
TAHEREH MAFI Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That maybe it couldn't,...
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Jason cursed in Latin. "He means he can't contro...
RICK RIORDAN He stopped and took my hand. "If we die, or if I die..."
He was speaking of dying, and I couldn...
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bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN You looked strange climbing in the tree like that."
Tiger Lily pulled her braids between her fi...
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Grover cracked a smile....
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What else is new? Nico thought.
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They tell me cool stuff."
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-Hera
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Frank's head swam with pain. He forced himself...
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RICK RIORDAN And tell me, Perseus Jackson"--I flinched when he said my real name, which I never told anybody--"wh...
RICK RIORDAN Out of every tragedy, " he said, "comes new strength.
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I was seriously hoping Chiron would say something good, like 'No, ...
RICK RIORDAN Now the tattoos," Zia announced.
"Brilliant!" I said.
"On your tongue," she added.
"E...
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RICK RIORDAN Our desires reveal us. They show us for who we really are.
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RICK RIORDAN —Tendría que haberme tocado a mí —dije—. Tendría que haberme metido yo en el gigante.
...
RICK RIORDAN Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k...a C-y-k..." She stamped her foot ...
RICK RIORDAN Right," she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative.
RICK RIORDAN The store had a hand-painted sign the read: MOOSE PASS GAS.
"That's just wrong," Frank said.
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RICK RIORDAN At the Feast of Fortune, she'll awaken, and the demigods will be cut down like-- like---"
"Like...
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RICK RIORDAN Percy’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs
and arms ...
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RICK RIORDAN scrolls, notebooks, tablet computers, daggers, and a large bowl filled with jelly beans,
RICK RIORDAN The stupid snack tray did not have power steering.
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RICK RIORDAN Come on, new friend. Let’s go chalk up my thirteenth defeat in a row!
RICK RIORDAN ____________________. He
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RICK RIORDAN My sister and I need to talk.
RICK RIORDAN bad blood.” Hazel
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RICK RIORDAN La vida es preciosa porque tiene final.
RICK RIORDAN Multigrain fighting is not allowed!” The
RICK RIORDAN It was fun to burn.
RICK RIORDAN Grover cleared his throat. "We're in a public place ... You mean, our friend downstairs?"
"Um, ...
RICK RIORDAN Anyway, I'm glad you found her. (Calypso) You promised to find a way back to her, and I just wanted ...
RICK RIORDAN Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook —BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—which either meant a S...
RICK RIORDAN The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle.
RICK RIORDAN No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the...
RICK RIORDAN I've never been a collector - just a consumer - and these days unless a book is signed to me by ...
RICK RIORDAN Seven half-bloods shall answer the call
To storm or fire the world must fall
An oath to ke...
RICK RIORDAN Always, Always have a plan
RICK RIORDAN The older lady harrumphed. "I warned you, daughter. This scoundrel Hades is no good. You could've ma...
RICK RIORDAN Everybody was patting Nico on the back, complimenting him on his fighting. Even the Ares kids though...
RICK RIORDAN may the gods be with you
RICK RIORDAN I pulled out Riptide.
RICK RIORDAN I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.
RICK RIORDAN You know, how much order is good? And when does order become too restrictive? Is a little bit of cha...
RICK RIORDAN Forget the chicken-nugget smoke screen. Percy wanted Leo to invent an anti-dream hat.
RICK RIORDAN Those movies... ridiculously inaccurate. The real gods of Asgard — Thor, Loki, Odin, and the rest ...
RICK RIORDAN I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters.
RICK RIORDAN This brings to mind an expression I coined ages ago: A peach a day keeps the plague spirits away!' RICK RIORDAN I turned and faced the Olympians.
"We need a shroud," I announced, my voice cracking. "A shroud...
RICK RIORDAN Have you any idea how much my kingdom has swollen in this past century alone, how many subdivisions ...
RICK RIORDAN Perseus Jackson, I do expect you to
refrain from causing any more trouble. "
"Trouble?" I ...
RICK RIORDAN Are you suggesting that the gods have trouble acting together, young lady?" Dionysus asked.
RICK RIORDAN You do know how to play pinochle?" Mr. D eyed me suspiciously.
"I'm afraid not," I said.
"...
RICK RIORDAN I stared at him (Dionysus). "You're...you're married? But I thought you got in trouble for chasing a...
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth hesitated. "Then we'll all go."
"No," I said. "It's too dangerous. If they got hold o...
RICK RIORDAN Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen.
RICK RIORDAN Thankfully,two old friends stood next to the throne. Horus wore full battle armor and a khopesh swor...
RICK RIORDAN If I were a flowerpot, I would've checked my hair.

~Carter Kane
RICK RIORDAN No," I said. "I choose the prophecy. It will be about me."
"Why are you saying that?" she cried...
RICK RIORDAN The others were a little surprised when Piper came back on a pegasus with two unconscious demigods.
RICK RIORDAN Leo dropped into the pool and approched the cage. "Hola, Tia. Little bit of trouble?"
She [Hera...
RICK RIORDAN Oh, and Drew, honey?”
The former counselor looked back reluctantly.
“In case you thin...
RICK RIORDAN Percy: I’ll walk down to the cabins and Connor and Travis are stealing stuff from the camp store, ...
RICK RIORDAN He’s a restless soul, always looking for another chance to drive,’ Nico said. ‘The last few ye...
RICK RIORDAN I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Ave...
RICK RIORDAN I wanted to get angry, this guy pushed me so hard.
RICK RIORDAN The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.
RICK RIORDAN It was an annoying name to have. People tended to spell in Mangus, rhymes with Angus. I always corre...
RICK RIORDAN I hate this plan,” I said. “Let’s do it.
RICK RIORDAN APOLLO'S DAILY MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH

"You are gorgeous and people love you!
RICK RIORDAN Like your zodiac sign? Percy asked. 'I'm a Leo.
'No, stupid,' Leo said. I'm a Leo. You're a Per...
RICK RIORDAN With great power... comes need to take a nap. Wake me up later
RICK RIORDAN I held out the rune for Hearthstone. ‘I know what it feels like to be an empty cup, to have everyt...
RICK RIORDAN Pain was unimportant. Failure was unthinkable.
RICK RIORDAN ...you shouldn't try to carry a problem alone. But if you don't want to talk about it, that's okay.
RICK RIORDAN They want to cook you and eat you," she said distatefully, "which is ridiculous. You'd taste terribl...
RICK RIORDAN This is the Propylon." He waved toward a stone path lined with crumbling columns. "One of the main g...
RICK RIORDAN The ruins stretch from the river to the base of that mountain over there, about half a kilometre.’...
RICK RIORDAN