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I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

Rick Riordan

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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Come
Writing
Long
Way
Readers
Always
Reader
Life
Teaching
Create

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Is that me?,' Leo said. 'Like me--having this dream--looking at me having a dream?
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Thanks for everything.” “As you wish,” the captain said. If axes could frown, I’m sure he would have. “Stay sharp,” Carter told him.
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Her secret fear? Maybe she didn't tried hard enough.
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The Cyclopes growled, I don't see very well since the last hero poked my eye out, but you're... NO... LADY... CYCLOPES!
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sorry,no thanks,if i was going to die it could wait until tomorrow morning.
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Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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Amos stopped before the entrance, which was the size of a garage door—a dark heavy square of timber with no visible handle or lock. “Carter after you.” “Um, how do I—” “How do you think?” Great another mystery. I was about to suggest we ram Amos’s head against it and see if that worked.
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I turned and faced the Olympians. We need a shroud, I announced, my voice cracking. A shroud for the son of Hermes.
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