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He (Nixon) needed someone with him so he could be alone.


Rick Perlstein

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RICK RIORDAN Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?
Annabeth: Come back alive,...
RICK RIORDAN You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?"
"Not even a little bit." I showed him that I ...
RICK RIORDAN What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?"
"I don't know. B...
RICK RIORDAN The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They w...
RICK RIORDAN A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He...
RICK RIORDAN Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick yo...
RICK RIORDAN Dreams like a podcast,
Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."
"Apoll...
RICK RIORDAN Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderf...
RICK RIORDAN It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
RICK RIORDAN What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. You're beating plowshares into swords, Vos...
RICK YANCEY Rachel: You're a half-blood, too?
Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about?
RICK RIORDAN I turned to Dionysus. "You cured him?"
"Madness is my specialty. It was quite simple."
"Bu...
RICK RIORDAN My name is Percy Jackson.
I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding stude...
RICK RIORDAN Hermes gazed up at the stars. "My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons...
RICK RIORDAN Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really."
Her...
RICK RIORDAN It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inv...
RICK RIORDAN Like water leaking through a dam," said Piper.
"Yeah," smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole." RICK RIORDAN I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mor...
RICK RIORDAN You’re not the only one,” he says through gritted teeth. “My twelve-year-old sister died in my...
RICK YANCEY A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
RICK RIORDAN Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as fa...
RICK RIORDAN I said hello to the poodle.
RICK RIORDAN Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter."

RICK RIORDAN Love is on every side, Cupid said. And no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.<...
RICK RIORDAN Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.

Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,...
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