Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair flattened and you could just see the tips of his horns. His bright orange backpack was full of scrap metal and apples to snack on. In his pocket was a set of reed pipes his daddy goat had carved for him, even though he only knew two songs: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 12 and Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday," both of which sounded pretty bad on reed pipes.
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Related Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS [Capote never taped his subjects or even took notes — he boasted that he had 94% recall, often tea... REX REED He struggled with black and white. But when he got to Arles in 1888, he discovered the reed pen, and... COLTA IVES He wore bright Hawaiian shirts, which resembled his bright and cheery disposition. CAPT. CREGG PUCKETT The first impression I had was hitting ground balls to him and you realized that he was a special pe... BUDDY BAILEY Maylon Stark was medium-built and husky. That was the only word to fit him, husky. He had a husky fa... JAMES JONES And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding o... BIBLE She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes -- her eyes are just like mine, Harr... J.K. ROWLING She was very near hating him now; yet the sound of his voice, the way the light fell on his thin, da... EDITH WHARTON He did not appear to be a very tall man; what I could see of legs seemed stumpy, though heavily musc... BEN BOVA That was a great match for Kevin. He was able to keep the pressure on Peek and wore him down in the ... TIM NEFF It was at first almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her. His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; t... CASSANDRA CLARE It was a comet. The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went a... LUCAS SCOTT [Drawing didn't always come easy.] He struggled with black and white, ... But when he got to Arles i... COLTA IVES Harry lay flat on his back, breathing hard as though he had been running. He had awoken from a vivid... J.K. ROWLING House Speaker Thomas Reed could destroy an argument or expose a fallacy in fewer words than anyone e... BARBARA W. TUCHMAN A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He... RICK RIORDAN It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He... ELIE WIESEL I've only seen two of his fights, and it was hard to get a feel for him because he had his man on th... JAKE SHIELDS And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand... BIBLE Harry lay flat on his back, breathing hard as though he had been running. He had awoken from a vivid... J.K. ROWLING It felt like being shot with an arrow, and Will jerked back. His wineglass crashed to the floor and ... CASSANDRA CLARE When he came down, he was slower, and clutching something his hand. He leapt down the last 5 feet or... HANYA YANAGIHARA He had a lot of grass stains on the back of his pants. That is because he was getting first downs an... BRAD HOPKINS Richard Chamberlain on The Slipper and the Rose was lovely to work with. He wore the clothes so beau... JULIE HARRIS And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that ... BIBLE And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore,
The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,
For whose ... EDMUND SPENSER He had tried everything, cutting down (many devices), pipes, cigars, even cold turkey. He had quit o... JOHN BERRYMAN I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair tha... PRIYA ARDIS He was sagging. No one said they saw the gun in his pocket. He couldn't stick a gun in his pants. KEVIN O'CONNOR I thought he was OK, but he stopped breathing and they had to put him on a respirator. When I was ab... CODY COLVIN Agent Burmister found high explosives residue on Mr. McVeigh's clothing, including both his shirts t... BETH WILKINSON It wasn't as though he didn't have choices. He could have expanded his career, maybe further it with... BOB FULLER When he came out of his doghouse, I saw four or five burned spots on him where his skin was visibly ... LARRY RHODES It felt like the world was against Robbie tonight. He wasn't getting his footwork right on his shot.... JEFF HOUSTON Pain lanced through his neck. He gasped and his eyes flew open; Simon was sitting up on him, staring... CASSANDRA CLARE Hunter woke suddenly. A noise. It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ... MICHAEL GRANT He was looking bad. His head was hanging, he had ice on his knee and ice on his ankle. He looked hor... PETE CARROLL He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everythin... J.K. ROWLING I pulled my chair up to the table and Alex sat down, following suit, unable to guard a smile from br... SHAWN KIRSTEN MARAVEL He was tall—6’ 3” or so—with haunting green eyes that seemed to smolder despite his lazy smi... KELLY ORAM He swore by all that he ever had loved and reverenced that he would try, try with all his might in t... GENE STRATTON-PORTER I'll miss his father-like guidance, his friendship and his yelling, because he didn't yell often but... GREG ROLLINS And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them i... BIBLE And in an essential way, this was what he was most ashamed of: not his poor understanding of sex, no... HANYA YANAGIHARA He did not go to his mouth. He was sweating profusely on his face. He wiped his eyebrow across his n... PHIL GARNER It had belonged to that idea of the exasperated consciousness of his victim to become a real test fo... HENRY JAMES He was tall, thin, and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long e... J.K. ROWLING When he was in a game, he put his mind, body and soul into trying to win it. He was animated, but th... BILL GRANGER Hal gave me a lot of breaks and honored me with space and freedom. He pulled no punches and wore his... BILL NICHOLS He ran as he'd never run before, with neither hope nor despair. He ran because the world was divided... KARL MARLANTES Well, we know for a fact that his belt was ripped off of his pants and he was strangled with his bel... JOHN SHORT The Lion in Love
A lion demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage. The Father, unwilling to... AESOP Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look,
The fields his study, nature was his book. ROBERT BLOOMFIELD Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look, / The fields his study, Nature was his book. ROBERT BLOOMFIELD It's about footwork. He's keeping his feet underneath him and using his legs to drive the ball out t... KEN MACHA Patrick was on his way to see his father and so was I -- a bit too late. That's when he had the acci... JOSEE MARTEL He was a genuine man of the people, and he was characterized by his high sense of values, his honest... HANAN ASHRAWI Either this wallpaper goes, or I do! OSCAR WILDE ON HIS DEATHBED I'm sure he made his grandfather proud. I knew his grandfather and his family, so it was really nice... ERIC KRAUSE Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will a... JANE AUSTEN His habit of reading isolated him: it became such a need that after being in company for some time h... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The umpire said he went to his mouth. It was a bad call. It was a mistaken call. It's unfortunate th... PHIL GARNER The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when he did he wore his mother's gl... FLANNERY O'CONNOR His existence had always been comfortable, he had always held a clear picture of himself, his duties... NEAL SHUSTERMAN His fastball command was a little erratic, but the command on his offspeed pitches was there, and hi... MIKE SCIOSCIA He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied ... OSCAR WILDE With another shock of excitement, Harry saw Sirius give James the thumbs-up. Sirius was loungin... J.K. ROWLING My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 yea... WALTER MOSLEY He was a musician of the best nature, with guitar string fingertips and soft flute lips that could t... HUBERT MARTIN I knew Noah worshipped Charlie Parker and that his toothbrush was green. That he wouldn't bother to ... MICHELLE HODKIN This is his first season in two years, so he's got to make sure he rests his legs, stays off his fee... DANE FIFE On the summit see,
The seals of office glitter in his eyes;
He climbs, he pants, he grasps the... WILLIAM COWPER Lincoln prevailed: wearing his green shawl in the White House and gripped with melancholy, his feet ... JEROME CHARYN Like all men with a faculty that surpasses human requirements, his father was very nervous. Then, to... ERNEST HEMINGWAY And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that
they stript Joseph out of his coa... BIBLE My father had a real short fuse. He had a tough life - had to support his mother and brother at a ve... SAM SHEPARD You've heard of 12 days of Christmas. This was 12 years of Christmas for Ryan, Ryan's friends and hi... JOEL LEVIN As they scuffled in the grass, Adam closed his eyes and leaned his head back. He could nearly scry j... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Pretty soon we’d laced the sneakers over his fake feet, and the world’s first flying goat boy wa... RICK RIORDAN The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like ... BIBLE And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his ... BIBLE He knew in the way that she was a part of him, the way her breathing was his breathing, and her drea... CASSANDRA CLARE He leaned down and kissed my forehead. The soft melody of his lips was calming. I closed my eyes. I ... ALYSHA SPEER Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE If the right people had been in charge of Nixon's funeral, his casket would have been launched into ... HUNTER S. THOMPSON was just very arresting as an acting partner, and very engaging because of his energy and his focus,... BARBARA FELDON Jason knew his life would never be the same again. British intelligence now had an ace up their slee... MARK A. COOPER All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before,... JOHN SELDEN He said it was because he wanted to be in control of his life and he wanted to live or die on his ow... EMORY JONES III Hagrid was wearing his best (and very horrible) hairy brown suit, plus a checked yellow-and-orange t... J.K. ROWLING This malady which Swann’s love had become had so proliferated, was so closely interwoven with all ... MARCEL PROUST ...when Clive stood from the piano and shuffled to the doorway to turn out the studio lights, and lo... IAN MCEWAN It’s like watching a James Bond movie. Morpheus—in a black trench-coat-style blazer that hangs t... A.G. HOWARD Mom?” he whispered. “Dad?” They just looked at him, smiling. And slowly, Harry look... J.K. ROWLING Our teacher, Mr. Stratton, was way distracting with his angular face and broad shoulders. The dark-r... KATRINA ABBOTT Gods of Olympus.” Piper stared at Leo. “What happened to you ?” His hair was grease... RICK RIORDAN Have you ever made her angry?" If the cop said that he and his wife lived in a state of constant con... NALINI SINGH They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eye... ALICE HOFFMAN
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RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ) RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together. RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger. Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo... RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties... RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” ... RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn... RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?" "Just over the river and through the woods." Percy raised an ey... RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr... RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul! RICK RIORDAN In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ... RICK RIORDAN THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!" Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t... RICK RIORDAN Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes. RICK RIORDAN Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all. RICK RIORDAN If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. RICK RIORDAN She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish. RICK RIORDAN A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ... RICK RIORDAN Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers ... RICK RIORDAN Humans see what they want to see. RICK RIORDAN Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. RICK RIORDAN Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, wh... RICK RIORDAN You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought. RICK RIORDAN This is so cool!" Nico said, jumping up and down in the driver's seat. "Is this really the sun? I th... RICK RIORDAN Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I'd known what was coming, I would've called i... RICK RIORDAN I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret. RICK RIORDAN For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked a... RICK RIORDAN He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace.... RICK RIORDAN Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’ ‘How can you even talk to me like t... RICK RIORDAN Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?" He shrugged. "Techn... RICK RIORDAN Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair. RICK RIORDAN With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later. RICK RIORDAN Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can." Grover cracked a smile.... RICK RIORDAN Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friend... RICK RIORDAN Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wro... RICK RIORDAN What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apol... RICK RIORDAN Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind... RICK RIORDAN Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die. RICK RIORDAN I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue pla... RICK RIORDAN Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand... RICK RIORDAN Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over aga... RICK RIORDAN She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doin... RICK RIORDAN The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive. RICK RIORDAN How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big ... RICK RIORDAN Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between... RICK RIORDAN Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs a... RICK RIORDAN Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face. RICK RIORDAN I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster." End of discussion.The Tita... RICK RIORDAN We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.” Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez i... RICK RIORDAN Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad. RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Perc... RICK RIORDAN You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again! RICK RIORDAN Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest. RICK RIORDAN Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s... RICK RIORDAN