It’s my birthday, Horus insisted. Wish me happy birthday! “Happy birthday!” I yelled. “Now shut up!

Rick Riordan

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But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily. -Aphrodite

fit perfect trying

Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations by Rick Riordan

Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations

despair hero expectations

Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god... by Rick Riordan

Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.

hades cupid play

The other thing that troubled me: Dad was clutching his workbag. Usually when he does that, it means we're in danger. Like the time gunmen stormed into our hotel in Cairo. I heard shots coming from the lobby and ran downstairs to check on my dad. By the time I got there, he was just calmly zipping up his workbag while three unconscious gunmen hung by their feet from the chandelier, their robes falling over their heads so you could see their boxer shorts. Dad claimed not to have witnessed anything, and in the end the police blamed a freak chandelier malfunction.

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Frank couldn't breathe underwater. But where was he? Percy turned in a full circle. Nothing. Then he glanced up. Hovering above him was a giant goldfish. Frank had turned -clothes, backpack, and all- into a koi the size of a teen-aged boy. "dude." Percy sent his thoughts through the water, the way he spoke to other sea creatures. "A goldfish?" Frank's voice came back to him: "I freaked. We were talking about goldfish, so it was on my mind. Sue me.

sea talking boys

Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed wa... by Rick Riordan

Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen.

warrior towns queens

Now, I figured that the built-up gas in most boys' locker rooms was enough to cause an explosion, so I wasn't surprised when the flaming dodgeball ignited a huge WHOOOOOOOM!

dodgeball lockers boys

Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!

alcohol wine sky

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.

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I don't deserve you." "You're not allowed to say that." "Why not?" "It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-" Jason leaned over and kissed her. The colors of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as it the world had switched to high definition. "No breakups," he promised. "I may have busted my head a few times, but I'm not that stupid.

color breakup stupid

Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

cute love son

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.

dust house book

There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on the floor, whatever." Octavian read the scroll. "This says, 'Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die'." "Yes," Mars said. "Is that not clear?" "Well, my lord...usually prophecies are unclear. They're wrapped in riddles. They rhyme, and..." Mars casually popped another grenade off his belt. "Yes?" "The prophecy is clear!" Octavian announced. "A quest!

alaska writing book

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

parent relationship people

I past another telkhine, who was so startled he dropped his Lil' Demons lunch box. I left him alive - partly because he had a cool lunch box.

lunch alive past

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing. by Rick Riordan

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

fate knowing knowledge

Plus, humor ws a good way to hide the pain. And if that didn't work, there was always Plan B. Run aaway. Over and over.

pain running way

It's useless to lecture a human. by Rick Riordan

It's useless to lecture a human.

lectures useless humans

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit t... by Rick Riordan

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

humanity life reality

The end of the world started when a pegasus landed on the hood of... by Rick Riordan

The end of the world started when a pegasus landed on the hood of my car

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