We couldn’t have done it without somebody else! We couldn’t have won this race or got the Fleece or saved Grover or anything! We owe our lives to Tyson, Percy’s…’ ‘Brother!’ I said, loud enough for everybody to hear. ‘Tyson, my baby brother.’ Tyson blushed. The crowd cheered. Annabeth planted a kiss on my cheek.
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Related Tyson, the fleece. Can you get it for me?' 'Which one?' Tyson said, looking around at the hundr... RICK RIORDAN Tyson put his hand on Grover´s shoulder "I -I will go with him." I couldn´t believe I was hea... RICK RIORDAN Okay," Annabeth said. "What exactly do you smell?" "Something bad," Tyson answered. "Great... RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon." "Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug. Percy ... RICK RIORDAN When I got across, I looked back and saw Tyson giving Grover a piggyback ride (or was it a goatyback... RICK RIORDAN Percy: “You asked Poseidon for… me?” Tyson: "For a friend, young cyclopes grow up alone ... RICK RIORDAN Annabeth looked at me. " We have to get out of here." " You think I want to be in the girls' r... RICK RIORDAN Fish Ponies! I put them on the ceiling!" -Tyson RICK RIORDAN Not knowing is half the fun," Aphrodite said, "Exquisitely painful isn't it? Not being sure who you ... RICK RIORDAN For the past two years, my brother has been portrayed as a bank robber, mentally disturbed, suicidal... BRIAN WELLS Prior to Mike Tyson, we were generating close to $100 million a year. Now, Mike Tyson generates $100... DON KING I don't fight like Mike Tyson. I'm nothing at all like Mike Tyson. I'm out to build my o... TYSON FURY Potential boyfriends could not smoke Merit cigarettes, own or wear a pair of cowboy boots, or eat an... DAVID SEDARIS Tyson," I said "We're turning around!" Going the wrong way?" he asked. Always," I grumble... RICK RIORDAN We're very happy that we have come to terms with Tyson and that he will remain a member of the Chica... JOHN PAXSON We didn't think it was appropriate to make Tyson an honorary citizen so we dropped the plan. Many pe... WANG QIQUAN We applaud Tyson for their compassion towards so many who have suffered through the Hurricane Katrin... MARC MORIAL Since I beat Tyson my phone hasn't stopped ringing. DANNY WILLIAMS Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL 'Twas on an evening fair I went to take the air, I heard a maid making her moan; Said, ... CASSANDRA CLARE I couldn’t miss Percy’s fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. “Why, if this were Sparta, Percy... RICK RIORDAN My mother made a squeaking sound that might of been either "yes" or "help". Poseidon took it as... RICK RIORDAN While Tyson declares his innocence on television, my client has cooperated with law enforcement and ... GLORIA ALLRED Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi... RICK RIORDAN Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast ... LARRY HOLMES My palm presses against his cool cheek as I stare intently at him, willing him to understand, “I c... ANGELA LOUISE MCGURK Beyond anything else, we definitely would like to hear a nice, loud crowd. JOE BAILEY Jordan leaned on the counter. He felt a little like a bartender in a TV show, dispensing sage advice... CASSANDRA CLARE My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the m... MAYER HAWTHORNE When When it’s over, it’s over, and we don’t know any of us, what happens th... MARY OLIVER We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybo... DALAI LAMA XIV I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house. J. COLE It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis. OCTAVIA SPENCER There was no evidence that Mr. Schaffer or anybody in Tyson Foods knew of or anticipated anything ab... JAMES ROBERTSON You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?" "Not even a little bit." I showed him that I ... RICK RIORDAN Is Tyson okay?' I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. 'He's fine. Doing much... RICK RIORDAN We thank our Team Members for their hard work and support of these plants. We'll do our best to help... BILL LOVETTE How rarely these few years, as work keeps up aloof, Or fares, or one thing or another, How... VIKRAM SETH There was someone, a very long time ago, yes. We couldn’t make it work for reasons I won’t get i... J.A. DEROUEN Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached. DAVID BRENNER I planted a kamikaze kiss on Jamie’s cheek. “FUCK,” he shouted, wiping it off. “What if... MICHELLE HODKIN Tyson wings are by far my favorite. They are plumper and tastier than any other supermarket brand I ... KEVIN ROBERTS We believe these headlines are negative for beef processors, particularly Tyson Foods, the largest U... FARHA ASLAM Now we have one chance in some case, as in this body but in other body we will have + one because we... DEYTH BANGER I see Mike Tyson as too strong for Spinks. GERRY COONEY Everybody I meet who uses 'WhatsApp', I ask them a question: 'How did you hear about it?... JAN KOUM Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of wha... RICK RIORDAN Fool brother Filip led blind brother Daret deep into the black cave. He knew that insid... SUSAN DENNARD We can reject everything else: religion, ideology, all received wisdom. But we cannot escape th... DALAI LAMA XIV Tyson is a scrappy, young freshman. DAVE LAIRD No evidence of any Tyson Foods involvement in or concern about the USDA's proposal to require safe h... JAMES ROBERTSON Tyson always tries to jump out at the start, DANNY WILLIAMS Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached. DAVID BRENNER [Tyson didn't either. It was not the result of some exchange but simply a straight shot at an unprot... MIKE TYSON Some times in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow. But, if we are wise, we know that... AL GREEN We just need to play our game and hopefully we'll get some good performances out of Brandon, Coop, a... JOSH SATIN He was marrying my girl, and I couldn’t do anything about it. I just had to watch it happen, becau... JENNY HAN Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went s... RICK RIORDAN Have we freed this man or cursed him?" he wondered aloud. "Freedom is never a curse, brother," ... ANTHONY RYAN Brother—” “I thought we’d already decided we weren’t that, either.” MOLLY MCADAMS It seemed to Scobie that life was immeasurably long. Couldn’t the test of man have been carried ou... GRAHAM GREENE He was always worrying about me – even when we were kids. If I scraped my knee or fell off my bike... SARAH OCKLER This was a few weeks ago," Annabeth said. "Percy told me a crazy story about meeting a boy our near ... RICK RIORDAN You are my brother. You are my sister. We are one human family. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The anger subsided, and my shoulders fell. “I know you didn’t. But you have got to curb this ove... JAMIE MCGUIRE Is Tyson okay?" I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He's fine. Doing much ... RICK RIORDAN You have got to have a sense or urgency and prepare to play. I can't speak to any individual player ... DAVE HOBBS Jacob smiled from ear to ear when he shook the man’s hand on stage. The man then handed him a trop... KATIE MCGARRY Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO Kiss me,” she said urgently. Sam’s eyes flickered with mild surprise. “Right now?�... LISA KLEYPAS I'd see people being really successful, whether it was my teammates or big-name fighters like Mu... HOLLY HOLM I have no resentment toward my sisters or my brother, but there's still a little toward my Dad, but ... JASON AKERMANIS The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance on Our SOULS. C.G. JUNG Lennox Lewis is a hater of Tyson Fury. TYSON FURY I wished the kiss could have gone on forever. Breaking the embrace, he ran a few fingers through my ... RICHELLE MEAD ...Whenever someone says to me, 'Jerry Lewis says women aren't funny,' or 'Christopher Hitchens says... TINA FEY The summer has seized you, as when, last month in Amalfi, I saw lemons as large as your de... ANNE SEXTON Ella was fluttering above him, dodging missiles and calling out advice: "The groin. The Earthborn's ... RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." "Y... RICK RIORDAN I take golf trips with my brother or with friends. We usually go to Pebble or Bandon Dunes. One year... GREG MADDUX I wrote about the person I love most, my older brother, Noah. We don't live together so I wrote what... KATIE MCGARRY Hello?” “Hey.” She sounded pissed. “What the hell happened to you tonight? Jess said th... KODY KEPLINGER Dropping his arm from my shoulders, he reached down and folded his hand around mine. It wasn’t the... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT One night we rode home and Tyson had this big, angry dog which started barking as we tried to sneak ... CHAD FLETCHER Kid,” Richard said wearily, “I am not in the mood. I haven’t slept in thirty-six hours, my sis... RACHEL CAINE We can have traders, without them being traitors. We can trade, without trading others. JUSTIN K. MCFARLANE BEAU All is going well, very well, I couldn’t ask for anything better— So why do I hate my life? ORSON SCOTT CARD Then I reckon we got ourselves a good old-fashioned standoff." ... Nobody moved, or said a... DEREK LANDY I sat up in bed. "What did he say?" Tyson groaned, still half asleep. He was lying facedown on ... RICK RIORDAN We must have a foreign policy which is based only on the long-term interests of our race, not on the... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL Powdered donuts," Tyson said earnestly. "I will look for powdered donuts in the wilderness." He head... RICK RIORDAN The groin. The Earthborn’s groin is sensitive.” SMASH! “Good. Yes. Tyson found its groin.” �... RICK RIORDAN Concieving a child after treatment from doctors may involve using crooked means by one of the family... APURVA GAGLANI For a childless couple who follow truth and are honest they are very few options to get a baby.
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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... 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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. 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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