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Rick Riordan is an American author of children's and young adult literature.
* He is best known for his Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
* Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1964.
* He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in English and history.
* After college, Riordan taught English and history at public and private middle schools in Texas and California.
* In 2005, he published his first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, The Lightning Thief.
* The series has been adapted into a film series, with the first film, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, released in 2010.
* Riordan has also written several other series for children and young adults, including The Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, and The Trials of Apollo.
* Riordan is a New York Times bestselling author and has won numerous awards for his writing.

Mussolini? Leo frowned. Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?

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Nico studied his face – his sea-green eyes, his grin, his ruffled black hair. Somehow Percy Jackson seemed like a regular guy now, not a mythical figure. Not someone to idolize or crush on.

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Dreams like a podcast,Downloading truth in my ears.They tell me cool stuff."Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred." A god named Fred?

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Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. I love you.She wasn’t sure he could hear her—but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.

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Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?""Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?""Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.

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We’ve all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I’m tragically funny and good-looking.

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The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.

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Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.

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It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.

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Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.

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Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

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She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her.

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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

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Percy was getting tired of water.If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Poseidon’s Junior Sea Scouts, but he didn’t care.

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Leo, Hazel gasped, I can’t—my arms—Hazel, he said. Do you trust me?No!Me neither, Leo admitted.

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Fortunately, we did most of our athletic stuff inside, so we didn't have to jog through Tribeca looking like a bunch of boot-camp hippie children.

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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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Great victory requires great risk.-Hera

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Hazel! he yelled. That box! Open it!She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te label read WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. Open it! Leo yelled again.

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But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.

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Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!

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

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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

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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.

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You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind. -Hera, goddess of marriage

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Down in the water, Octavian yelled, Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!Tempting, Percy called down.

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You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought.

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Please, Percy...change your clothes. You smell like you've been run over by an electric horse.

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I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

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He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

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