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Thalia had been turned into a pine tree when she was 12. Me... well, i was doing my best not to follow her example. I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if i were ever in the verge of death—plankton, maybe. Or a floating patch of kelp.


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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.”
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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