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He remembered his home now, and that gave him new determination to succeed. He was fighting for two camps now -- two families.


Rick Riordan

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Rick requested 20 stalls, and we gave him 14. He said he could work with that.
DOUG BREDAR It was his home now. But it could not be his home till he had gone from it and returned to it. Now h...
G.K. CHESTERTON Everyone you talk to in his unit say that he was an excellent soldier and he was also very well like...
DWIGHT ADAMS Where his boyhood retreat had been a cave hewn for one, it now accommodated two. He was suddenly two...
EMMA RICHLER Obviously, he [dropped down] in the second, so that meant he was feeling good. I asked him [if he wa...
DON COOPER when he joined the campaign two years ago to oust and succeed Governor Gray Davis. ''He used to be a...
BILL WHALEN He gave his life to save the thing that mattered most to him: his Clanmates,” he meowed softly. �...
ERIN HUNTER For years, Richard Riordan funded the anti-abortion movement, supported anti-choice candidates and e...
GRAY DAVIS Now, he has opportunities that were probably heretofore unreachable to him with his devastating hand...
DR. THOMAS GRAHAM Wags threw him two sliders that ate up his knuckles a little bit, ... He just was able to battle and...
CRAIG BIGGIO God gave you two legs to walk,two hands to hold,two eyes to see,two ears to hear.....BUT why did he ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It helped him to go to the minors. He went down, worked on his game and got his confidence. In his r...
BRENDAN WITT It's a whole new world for him, ... He had always been the star, not his brother. The pubic has tota...
EMANUEL STEWARD He and Barry Bonds are the two greatest hitters in the game right now, I've always thought that, and...
JASON MARQUIS I'm mad at Hank Aaron for deciding to play one more season. I threw him his last home run and though...
BILL LEE He probably is harder on himself than I want him to be right now. Sometimes he makes a mistake and b...
DERRICK JACKSON Colby, his last two games of his career, he scored 25 and 26 points and that was his career high ton...
JASON SPEAR That's just two brothers fighting. Isn't that what happens in families?
DONNIE HENDERSON I went over and gave him a hug. He remembered meeting the kids.
DAWN ROWE All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter...
GERRY COONEY He should in humility have asked her why it was that he was naturally a cuckold, why two women of di...
WILLIAM TREVOR He scored two vital goals for us but was unlucky that we had to play him out of position and he shou...
COLIN LEE There was a time when I had all of his attention and loved it. As much as I wanted him to leave me a...
PENELOPE DOUGLAS Before him he saw two roads, both equally straight; but he did see two; and that terrified him--he w...
VICTOR HUGO He gave an incredible performance in the film. I think he is going to be remembered for years to com...
FINN TAYLOR We talked for two to five minutes. He asked me where I was coming from. I told him 'I'm lost right n...
JOE WHITE He gave me two minutes more with my son. He's an angel. He breathed life into him.
JOANNE SANABRIA I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.
WALTER PAYTON Two minutes from now, he would lie dying.
DAVID RUBIN Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, wh...
RICK RIORDAN His dad and him, all summer long, are in the gym two or three times a week working on his game. He s...
BRAD PODEVELS I think Rick will do that. His lawyers are probably saying, 'Don't do a thing right now.' But I thin...
BRUCE MCNALL He had a lot of injuries over the years. He cracked both of his cannon bones when he was a two-year-...
HUGH ROBERTSON He was a strong guy, ... He was mentally tough, and he had tremendous determination when doing anyth...
BILL SHAW His delivery kind of left him for one pitch or two, but then he got it back. That's a good sign. Wit...
FELIPE ALOU The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustai...
DON DELILLO It's definitely a disappointment. He gave up more money, he gave up other opportunities because of h...
AARON GOODWIN He never went out without a book under his arm and he often came home with two.
VICTOR HUGO And Harry remembered his first nightmarish trip into the forest, the first time he had ever encounte...
J.K. ROWLING Now we have no God. We have had two: the old God that our fathers handed down to us, that we hated, ...
OLIVE SCHREINER When I first got here, he was talking about games from two years ago and mistakes he had made. He's ...
BRANDON DOMAN . . . but it was their relation, and his coming to her like that, openly, so that anyone could see, ...
VIRGINIA WOOLF We were very pleased about his goal. For him it was fundamental to start scoring again. The last two...
JAVIER ZANETTI Nobody deserves it more than Hines because nobody has worked as hard as him. I saw it [in high schoo...
DARRYL DRAKE (Starter) Ike (Martinez) was getting tired. He was losing velocity on his stuff. So right now we onl...
BRIAN AINSWORTH It's huge getting him back. Now we have two threats. We just have to keep him in one piece long enou...
AL BORGES Now we are showing to the world that this fighting against two terrorist groups was feasible and now...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI He wanted to be remembered as a famous serial killer, but I hope he is forgotten and that we only re...
DAVE COBB Voters who once bought his story that he came to rebuild California by fighting special interests no...
LARRY BERG He was a freshman and he was feeling his way. As the season progressed, you could see him getting be...
CHRIS AULT He got punched two or three times. He was taken to New York University Hospital. At the hospital, he...
BRUCE REGENSTREICH For him, his whole life has been wrestling, coaching and teaching, and now he can go back to that.
GARY WEISS If he becomes minister for foreigners, or integration, shouldn't two guys go see him to blow him up,...
AHMAD AKKARI So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets: With...
HENRY FIELDING We saw the result of him not pitching in a game for 14 days. Even given that, he gave up only two hi...
MIKE HARGROVE Keith had it a little better than most kids here because he had two parents in the same household wh...
JEFF HILL Because of so many people who remembered his birthday, I can now see that he will be successful in w...
FRANCIS ESCUDERO ESPN called it hideous. I asked Coach Mears for his permission and he gave me his blessing. I plan o...
BRUCE PEARL Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcom...
MONICA CROWLEY When he spins, he is very fast. He knows where he is in the air. He twists better than any diver I h...
GARY GUADAGNINO That consistency now is allowing him to really flourish and do his thing. He looks a fantastic playe...
FRANK YALLOP He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious...
CASSANDRA CLARE I'm mad at Hank Aaron for deciding to play one more season. I threw him his last home run and th...
BILL LEE I suppose you can guess the whole story now? After all, it's a primitive story. A man had two enemie...
G.K. CHESTERTON The last time his steward heard from him was two weeks ago when he asked about his pension.
JEFF CANDAGE That one hit to left field got him. He gave up one, but that's two games in a row he's come out and ...
ROBBIE BENNETT One thing that I've noticed about big families is that they usually break down into two camps: t...
ELVIS MITCHELL Mrs. Rutledge told me that in those last two or three weeks of his illness, he was failing, but he w...
FRANK DAVIS He remembered Apollo, smiling and tanned and completely cool in his shades. Thalia had said, He’s ...
RICK RIORDAN I think Adrian is getting some rest now. He hasn't played much in the last two games. Hopefully, tha...
CHUCK LONG She frowned, and the effect was so pretty he wondered if he was going mad. Why did he find this cran...
ROS BAXTER It's a big deal for him because now he knows how good he is. He was extremely happy after he won. He...
JARED ESALA As productive and brilliant as he was, he was also self-destructive, ... He said God gave him MS to ...
JENNIFER LEE One car behind him. Two more ahead. The plane was now in
ANTHONY HOROWITZ He was sent off at the 1998 World Cup, and now he missed two penalties against France and Portugal. ...
FRANZ BECKENBAUER He was ready. He was determined. He was the best student I ever had. He was such a learner. And he w...
WILLIAM KENNEDY He was always bringing home a new toaster, a new mixer, for the staff to use and critique, ... He ha...
RAYMOND LOEWY Now, he has to deal with the person he was at home, the person he was at war and the person he is.
LISA PETERSON Rick came in fifth overall and he golfed really well. That was something positive for him and someth...
JEFF EDWARDS We're trying to raise a lot of money for Easter Seals and the reason why we're doing it is when Rick...
DICK HOYT We wish Bill Musgrave all the best in his new role with the Falcons organization. Although it is unf...
JOE GIBBS He has been thinking that way, Jeff Weise, since 2003, and nobody gave him any help. Nobody took him...
BARBARA BRUN This was not adversarial at all. He called me and said he appreciated the fact we gave him his first...
BERNIE BICKERSTAFF Ten years ago he was taking the Long Island Railroad home from work after the show and now he can't ...
BILL SHINE He went out of his way I think to reassure us that he wasn't in danger and that he was in the hotel ...
JOE CARROLL As he was gasping for air he realized something. He was in deep shit. Haley was his life now. His wo...
R.L. MATHEWSON And certainly We gave a commandment to Adam before, but he forgot; and We did not find in him any de...
QURAN He changed the two names around. We decided to send him home because of the big mistake he made with...
JAN MARTINEK It was the first time he had run in two weeks. He took two weeks off to heal (from a severe blister ...
ERIC HASLETT Personally, I think I did horribly on him in the first half. I think when I started guarding him, he...
BOBBY FRASOR He faces two futures now -- to spend the rest of his life on the run or else he can defend himself i...
RICHARD HOLBROOKE He had just one arm, and there were all kinds of legends that he was fighting a guy and when he coul...
JACKIE BERRY When I was at Florida, I had told him I really liked him. And when he decided to leave Miami, he rem...
TOM SLATER Fat realized that one of two possibilities existed and only two; either Dr. Stone was totally insane...
PHILIP K. DICK I give [Tomes] a lot of credit. I called him this morning when he was in class and told him he was g...
BRUCE MARSHALL Tony battling back, he showed heart. He struggled in the Collingdale series. We shelved him, which i...
BILL WRIGHT I put one word on my notes today, that was 'destiny'. I'm pleased for their families who have lost t...
ALAN PARDEW And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in ...
BIBLE He's had two real good games now. He sprays it around and every once in a while he'll pull one like ...
BOB THOMAS When Mr. Rove purchased the home in January 2001, he qualified for the exemption. He was not made aw...
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His hair was grease...
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“Okay,�...
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Then he gasped and pointed to th...
RICK RIORDAN Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.
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RICK RIORDAN On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to...
RICK RIORDAN Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!
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"Yeah?"
"I thought you'd want to know."
"Yeah?"
"Cerb...
RICK RIORDAN Oh, come on!’ Percy complained. ‘I get a little nosebleed and I wake up the entire earth? That�...
RICK RIORDAN You can keep watch, in case – you know, the lake decides to attack us or something." - Leo Valdez
RICK RIORDAN He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing.
RICK RIORDAN Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally emba...
RICK RIORDAN I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Wes...
RICK RIORDAN Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
"He's the sun god," I said.
"That's not what I me...
RICK RIORDAN I wanted to argue but I found I couldn't. Athena was pretty darn smart.
RICK RIORDAN There is always a way for those clever enough to find it.
RICK RIORDAN When Athena falls in love, it's purely intellectual. It's a meeting of minds. The purest kind of lov...
RICK RIORDAN Headache!" Zeus bellowed. "Bad. bad headache!"
As if to prove his point, the lord of the univer...
RICK RIORDAN your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos's traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty ...
RICK RIORDAN Wisdom's daughter walks alone.
That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. I...
RICK RIORDAN The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. ...
RICK RIORDAN People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn't e...
RICK RIORDAN Athena stood in the middle of the road with her arms crossed and a look on her face that made me thi...
RICK RIORDAN Athena called, "Annabeth Chase, my own daughter."
Annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward...
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RICK RIORDAN She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly...
RICK RIORDAN There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.
RICK RIORDAN The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never...
RICK RIORDAN Not knowing is half the fun," Aphrodite said, "Exquisitely painful isn't it? Not being sure who you ...
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth gripped the hilt of her dagger. “A bounty on our heads . . . as if we didn’t attract en...
RICK RIORDAN The cord, a familiar voice said. Remember your lifeline, dummy!
Suddenly there was a tug in my ...
RICK RIORDAN You sneaked into my cabin?”
Annabeth rolled her eyes. “Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two ...
RICK RIORDAN I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth.
RICK RIORDAN Hoover Dam," Thalia said. "It's huge."
We stood at the river's edge, looking up at a curve of c...
RICK RIORDAN And,” Annabeth continued, “it reminds me how long we’ve known each other. We were twelve RICK RIORDAN He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth a...
RICK RIORDAN I could have killed you.”
“Or I could have killed you,” Percy said.
Jason shrugged....
RICK RIORDAN I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? Yo...
RICK RIORDAN Argh!" Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the wa...
RICK RIORDAN This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.
RICK RIORDAN You drool when you sleep.
RICK RIORDAN Hey, can I see that sword you were using?"
I showed him Riptide, and explained how it turned fr...
RICK RIORDAN I'm calm," Rachel insisted. "Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervou...
RICK RIORDAN Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?"

I don't hate you."

Could've foole...
RICK RIORDAN Leo: Rainbows. Very macho.
Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the...
RICK RIORDAN It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive...
RICK RIORDAN Monkey bar," Annabeth said. "I'm great at these." She leaped onto to the first rung and start swingi...
RICK RIORDAN She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

You'd probably ki...
RICK RIORDAN Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up.
"Y...
RICK RIORDAN Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked.

"It only works on wild animals....
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 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 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,...
RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson...
RICK RIORDAN You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats th...
RICK RIORDAN Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
RICK RIORDAN The real world is where the monsters are.
RICK RIORDAN It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
RICK RIORDAN I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
RICK RIORDAN We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
RICK RIORDAN Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of h...
RICK RIORDAN The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human b...
RICK RIORDAN She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbre...
RICK RIORDAN Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”
“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
RICK RIORDAN She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a...
RICK RIORDAN Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
RICK RIORDAN Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge fin...
RICK RIORDAN Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a tot...
RICK RIORDAN Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
RICK RIORDAN Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of wha...
RICK RIORDAN Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we ...
RICK RIORDAN He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank...
RICK RIORDAN Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the ...
RICK RIORDAN Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in ...
RICK RIORDAN Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a ...
RICK RIORDAN Juno: "All roads lead there child. You should know that."
Percy: "Detention?
RICK RIORDAN They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a littl...
RICK RIORDAN Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid...
RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
RICK RIORDAN Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
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