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Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.Rick Riordan
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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.Rick Riordan
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Right, " Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.Rick Riordan
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Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet."" You'll be just as annoying?" I guessed. He fixed my with those warm brown eyes. "Or perhaps you could bring me up to speed on those modern courtship rituals." I sat there stunned until he gave me a glimpse of a smile-just enough to let me know he was teasing. Then he disappeared." Oh, very funny! " I yelled.Rick Riordan
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You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?Rick Riordan
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Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth, ” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?Rick Riordan
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I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.Rick Riordan
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Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?Rick Riordan
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She blinked. "Hmm? Oh, don't care. What did Anubis look like to you?"" What did.. he looked like a guy. So?""A good-looking guy, or a slobbering dog-headed guy?"" I guess.. Not the dog-headed guy."" I knew it! " Sadie pointed at me as if she'd won an argument." Good-looking. I knew it! " And with a ridiculous grin, she spun around and skipped into the house. My sister, as I may have mentioned, is a little strange.Rick Riordan
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His left eyebrow crept higher and higher as I told him the strange bits like the glowing letters and serpent staff. "Well, Sadie, " Inspector Williams said. "You've got quite an imagination." "I'm not lying, Inspector. And I think your eyebrow is trying to escape." He tried to look at his own eyebrows, then scowled.Rick Riordan
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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.Rick Riordan
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Sadie, " he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's.Rick Riordan
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It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.Rick Riordan
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Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say 'tell the truth, ' and when you do, they don't believe you. What's the point?Rick Riordan
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Oh you two look delicious, " Bast said, licking her lips. "No, no-er, I mean wonderful. Now, off you go!Rick Riordan
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Bast crouched down and began making weird chittering noises. Uh-oh. She was imitating birds. I'd seen enough cats do this when they were stalking. Suddenly my own obituary flashed in my head: Carter Kane, 14, tragically died in Paris wen he was eaten by his sister's cat, Muffin.Rick Riordan
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I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.Rick Riordan
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I thought maybe she'd whisk us off by magic, or at least hail a taxi. Instead, Bast borrowed a silver Lexus convertible." Oh, yes, " she purred. "I like this one! Come along, children."" But this isn't yours, " I pointed out." My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine." She touched the ignition and the keyhole sparked. The engine began to purr. [No, Sadie. Not like a cat, like an engine.]Rick Riordan
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Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head! !Rick Riordan