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I'm not good with children, the god confessed. Or people. Well, any organic life forms, really.
Rick Riordan
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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Richard Russell Riordan
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Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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Tell the sun and stars hello for me.
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Piper!” Frank yelled. “Counter those empousai! We need some chaos.” “Thought you’d never ask.” She started catcalling at the female demons: “Your makeup is smeared! Your friend called you ugly! That one is making a face behind your back!
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I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if I were on the verge of death-plankton maybe. -Percy Jackson
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And if someone doesn’t believe in any afterlife?” I asked. Walt gave me a sad look. “Then that’s what they experience.
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Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. He looked up lazily. Do you mind? Where's Chiron! I shouted. How rude. Mr. D took a swig from a jug of grape juice. Is that how you say hello? Hello, I amended. We're about to die! Where's Chiron?
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There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.
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I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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