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Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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Either the kid was naturally hyper or he was hopped up on enough caffeine to give a heart attack to a water buffalo.
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You might not think a hippo could inspire terror. Screaming “Hippo!” doesn’t have the same impact as screaming “Shark!” But I’m telling you—as the Egyptian Queen careened to one side, its paddle wheel lifting completely out of the water, and I saw that monster emerge from the deep, I nearly discovered the hieroglyphs for accident in my pants.
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Looking at the elementary schoolers in their colorful T-shirts from various day camps, Percy felt a twinge of sadness. He should be at Camp Half-Blood right now, settling into his cabin for the summer, teaching sword-fighting lessons in the arena, playing pranks on the other counselors. These kids had no idea just how crazy a summer camp could be.
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Poison! Grover yelped. Don't let those things touch you or... Or we'll die? I guessed. Well...after you shrivel slowly to dust, yes. Let's avoid the swords, I decided.
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I'm the son of Jupiter, I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan sea monster, I toppled the black throne of Kronos, and destroyed Titan Krios with my own hand. And now I'm going to destroy you Porphyrion, and feed you to your own wolves. Wow, dude, Leo muttered, You been eating red meat?
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It’s my birthday, Horus insisted. Wish me happy birthday! “Happy birthday!” I yelled. “Now shut up!
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Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)
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Hubris means deadly pride. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else.
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Just because you don't see me doesn't mean I wasn't there
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Leo took out a pen and autographed the arm of one of the nymphs. “Narcissus is a loser! He’s so weak, he can’t bench-press a Kleenex. He’s so lame, when you look up lame on Wikipedia, it’s got a picture of Narcissus—only the picture’s so ugly, no one ever checks it out.
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He was beautiful the way an angel is beautiful - timeless, perfect, remote.
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I knew Dionysus must've filled it out, because he stubbornly insisted on getting my name wrong: Dear _______Peter Johnson__________.
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That was so completely unfair that I told Tantalus to go chase a donut, which didn't help his mood.
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That sounded about as likely as Apophis and Ra becoming Facebook buddies, but I decided not to say anything.
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hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope he is just bluffing.
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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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Brother,” Artemis chided. “You do not help my Hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart.
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Juno: The heroes of olympus must unite! After your victory over kronos in manhattan...well I fear that wounded jupiter's self-esteem. Percy: Cause I was right and he was wrong Juno: He should be used to that after being married to me so long, but alas.
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You can't call a ninja lord dweeb.
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You drool when you sleep.
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