To my wonderful readers. Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger. I’ll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book. Well, except for maybe a few small ones... because I love you guys.

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To my wonderful readers: sorry about that last cliff-hanger. Well no, not really. HAHAHAHA. But seri...
RICK RIORDAN

To my wonderful readers:
Sorry about that last cliff-hanger.
Well, no, not really. HAHA...
RICK RIORDAN I just felt sorry for those guys. Maybe because I was that kid once, you know? No money, no friends,...
RICK MAJERUS I'm so sorry for loving you, I'm so sorry.... But it was such a wonderful dream, my love, such a won...
MELISSA DE LA CRUZ People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to...
GARY F EVANS... All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w...
JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
COLSON WHITEHEAD The sad thing about this whole scenario is that Rick is a wonderful person and a great guy, so I hop...
WAYNE GRETZKY It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as...
JEFF ABBOTT you weren't mine to begin with.
IAIN S. THOMAS With my last breath, I’ll exhale my love for you. I hope it’s a cold day, so you can see what yo...
JAROD KINTZ I'd like to take this opportunity to again apologize to my readers for an oversight in not disclosin...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER There are a lot of guys battling for that last spot and that's how it's been the last few years. The...
BRANDON WEBB LOVE is and will ALWAYS be the greatest GIFT ƸӜƷ
M.G. WELLS I'm sorry for loving you, I'm sorry that I cared, I'm sorry for holding onto you but our love was ra...
MAHMOUD EL HALLAB Just because I don't talk to you that much isn't because I don't think about you. Your always on my ...
ARIA BIEBER I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my re...
RUSSELL FREEDMAN But I don't love you, Daisy, and you can't begin to know how sorry I am about that because if I coul...
SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS This is my skin. This is not your skin, yet you are still under it.
IAIN THOMAS Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my reader...
R. A. SALVATORE Sorry for being late, I was enjoying my last few minutes of not being here.
SAM LEVENSON I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of:
a) The dark
b) Cold shivers up your s...
RICK RIORDAN What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirte...
DIANE DUANE This is my fundamental teaching: that there is no division between this and that. That is contained ...
OSHO I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy an...
CHARLES DE LINT I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want...
BERNARD BECKETT You remember your first love because they show you, prove to you, that you can love and be loved, th...
JOHN GREEN This book is full of empty love quotes. If you are looking for the meaning of life and love, then th...
DORA J. AROD In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I w...
CHUCK KLOSTERMAN For starters, let's dispense with the cheap jokes about cannibalism. That means cracks about giv...
MITCHELL ZUCKOFF It is a like a defeat for everyone that three guys lost their jobs, ... That was never my intent. I'...
FELIPE ALOU We have to do it for my mum's sake. Because I'm hoping that the last sorry will be to her.
FREDRIK BACKMAN, MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE'S SORRY The best love that you can give is to love yourself, in spite of your mistakes, in spite of your fai...
SHARLENE PRINCE, SHAROCK P. Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my ...
RICHELLE MEAD Someday me and her, we’ll come back here. Maybe she’ll be an artist. Maybe she won’t. Maybe I�...
KATIE MCGARRY I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. Then this is my ...
LEMONY SNICKET Maybe we shouldn't be looking for love. Maybe we should be looking for a person. Because maybe you c...
C. JOYBELL C. I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From wait...
PABLO NERUDA That's part of what I worried about last season, that maybe the guys outside me didn't trust in my a...
JULIAN HUXLEY What you should really be sorry for," he continued, "is that for the rest of my life, I'll have to a...
LISA KLEYPAS Be in love, for love, to love.
ROSE B MASHIGO I love a good cliffhanger. I love when big events happen in shows. I love shows that aren't afra...
CANDICE ACCOLA Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live.
JOYCE RACHELLE Don’t be afraid,

Even if I’ll be unable to See,

I swear, I’ll find you A...
DHRUV AGRAWAL You know that things aren't going well for you when you can't even tell people the simplest fact abo...
NICK HORNBY I’ll give you 50% off for half a year, or 100% off for a whole year. At these bargain discount pri...
JAROD KINTZ Soon after publishing a book for kids, my mailbox began to fill with letters from children all acros...
RODMAN PHILBRICK There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ...
ROALD DAHL I love playing the vamp, and I get sent out for a lot of that stuff, maybe because I do it well.
JAMIE LUNER People think that I have this wonderful hourglass figure, but I owe that to designer Tadashi Shoji b...
OCTAVIA SPENCER Make sure that your apology is sincere and that you don’t make excuses for your actions. It is imp...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I was walking by a drycleaner at 3a.m. and there was a sign that said Sorry, we're closed. You don't...
MITCH HEDBERG I am sorry for only two things. These two things are: I am sorry that I have mistreated some few ani...
THOMAS E. GADDIS In my defense, I love the book in a postmodern kind of way where I've always sensed that it contains...
CAROLINE KEPNES Don’t wait for big opportunities. You can create small but wonderful ones by starting with what yo...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Tell me that you don’t love me, and I’ll leave you alone. In this time or the next. Tell me that...
MORYAH DEMOTT A couple of my teammates have gotten through injury-free, maybe with just a few bumps and bruises. W...
JANA LINDSEY It's definitely special to win this race, especially for a lot of guys like me who knew Henry for so...
BYRON HO As soon as you whip yourself but shaking your head and feeling sorry for yourself, you're a whipped ...
JERRY SLOAN wo chhod dete hain jb hm tnha hote hain wo paas hote hain jb mere paas hazaro hopte hain.
SONYY TYAGI My first vision for this race was that maybe 500 people would show up. So thank you guys. This is aw...
CHRIS FARLEY Sorry, always sorry. What in the world can you buy with an apology?
MARIE LU Rick and I are, in a small part, a part of that vision.
DIANE JAMES I’ll try to be around and about. But if I’m not, then you know that I’m behind your eyelids, a...
TERENCE MCKENNA I lost my cool. It's last year and it's last year's problems. It was a mistake. I'm sorry for it. Ev...
BOBBY WILLIAMSON Because you are someone special I send jou my love today For you are verry wonderful In each and eve...
UNKNOWN I hope to be with you as a writer for a very long time, and I hope that you will enjoy reading my wo...
GUY JOHNSON One of the strange things that happens when you publish a book is that you begin ... to see what res...
SALMAN RUSHDIE I’m sorry and I believe in you and I’ll always be near you, protecting you, and I will never lea...
JENNIFER EGAN A person who understands you very well, will either fall in love with you or feel sorry for you. I h...
EPHDAN I think it of course boosts your confidence when you can - sorry guys - beat your teammates because ...
HANNAH KEARNEY My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, ...
PAULO COELHO I was in 'Cliffhanger' years ago, so I'm a massive fan of the big event movies - the goo...
CRAIG FAIRBRASS I'm sorry, but until my last day as a coach, I will try to play from my goalkeeper.
PEP GUARDIOLA The thing that I consider most important about my work is this: I told it like it is. I told my read...
CARL BARKS We think there are only a very few good ideas on the Web, and audio for children is one of the last ...
HUGH FRASER A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed wit...
DANIEL J. BOORSTIN Comics are capable of being anything the mind can imagine. I consider it a great privilege to be a c...
BILL WATTERSON Maybe because she doesn't try so hard to seduce and impress, I guess that's why some guys fe...
CAROLINE DHAVERNAS I'm sorry I brought this upon you, my boy. I'm sorry you must carry this burden. I'm sorry for every...
LORD OF THE RINGS No words for a long time. Which is fine, because even the most important ones-- I love you. I'm s...
HUNTLEY FITZPATRICK I started pushing in that last 150 meters, and I passed everyone except for (Michaelsen). You can on...
FRED RODRIGUEZ Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who shoul...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make...
DAVID MCCULLOUGH As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much ...
BEAR GRYLLS It's easy for me to sit here and say, 'Hey, this would have been my first win, Jimmie, why did you t...
BRIAN VICKERS I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm goin...
KAREN ALLEN I met my husband through a mutual friend. He invited me over for dinner and cooked this meal that kn...
EDEN RIEGEL There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate a...
EDITH HAMILTON Rick is solid in his entire game, ... He managed his game well and needless to say I would have love...
STAN HUMPHRIES I think everything in South Florida is wonderful, except for I-95. It's so crowded with cars whizzin...
JAY SHAPIRO Bill and I have never talked about it to this day, ... except for one little thing he said to me a f...
PHIL SIMMS Because, you see, everything you know about the way this universe works is correct—except for the ...
CHARLES STROSS I’m not going to deny that I want to fuck you. I can’t promise a future or that I’ll be some s...
D.L. HESS I've dedicated all my time to this because I was left in the dark for so long. It changed my attitud...
FRED WITTMEYER If it happens, wonderful. If not, what can I do?. This is not my first competition. It's not my last...
HAILE GEBRSELASSIE The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were ver...
CARINE ROITFELD For 20 years I was teetotal but this last three weeks I've upset my wife because I've had a few drin...
ERIC WHALLEY Maybe I'll use him in the last few games, maybe start him. ... I can't answer that.
JODY GERUT Readers don't want to read about somebody else having powerful emotions. . . . Readers want to be...
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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

To my wonderful readers. Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger. I’ll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book. Well, except for maybe a few small ones... because I love you guys.

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To my wonderful readers. Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger. I’ll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book. Well, except for maybe a few small ones... because I love you guys.

Rick Riordan

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