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It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
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Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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Life
Mankind
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[Percy] kept hoping things would get better for Annabeth and him, but their lives just got more dangerous, as if the Three Fates were up there spinning their futures with barbed wire instead of thread just to see how much two demigods could tolerate.
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I hoped they couldn't run very fast with those stubby little legs and flippers, but they waddled along pretty well.
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Nobody welcomes a war - not if they're smart. But war finds everyone sooner or later. It's inevitable.
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Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I've ever done.
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If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.
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I thought she'd make some comment about the bloodthirsty gods chasing us, but when she finally found her voice, she said, That boy kissed you! Leave it to Liz to have her priorities straight.
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I'd missed Annabeth probably more than I wanted to admit.
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In the Duat, Anubis looked as he always had, with his tousled dark hair and lovely brown eyes, but I’d never seen him filled with such rage. I realized that anyone who dared to hurt me would suffer his full wrath, and Walt wasn’t going to hold him back.
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Percy imagined what that would be like: getting an apartment in this tiny replica of Rome, protected by the legion and Terminus the OCD border god. He imagined holding hands with Annabeth at a cafe. Maybe when they were older, watching their own kid chase seagulls across the forum.
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Swords can’t solve every problem.
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Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could- said Percy Percy... Chiron's collection!
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That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.
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But how did you know where we were? Annabeth asked. Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.
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Fairness means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.
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You're alive! Percy said to the others. The giants said you were captured. What happened? Leo shrugged. Oh, just another brilliant plan by Leo Valdez. You'd be amazed what you can do with an Archimedes sphere, a girl who can sense stuff underground, and a weasel. I was the weasel, Frank said glumly.
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