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01c. 1964 AD

Patterns repeat themselves in history

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02c. 1964 AD

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

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03c. 1964 AD

Humans see what they want to see.

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04c. 1964 AD

Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.

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05c. 1964 AD

Things can turn out differently Apollo. That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.

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06c. 1964 AD

You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan

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07c. 1964 AD

The spirit of the wild must pass to all of you now. You must tell each one you meet: if you would find Pan, take up Pan's spirit. Remake the wild, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. You cannot wait for anyone else, even a god, to do that for you.

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08c. 1964 AD

A strange breeze rustled through the clearing, temporarily overpowering the stink of trash and murk. It brought the smell of berries and wildflowers and clean rainwater, things that might've once been in these woods. Suddenly I was nostalgic for something I'd never knew.

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09c. 1964 AD

Nico’s anger turned as cold and dark as his blade. He’d been morphed into a few plants himself, and he didn’t appreciate it. He hated people like Bryce Lawrence, who inflicted pain just for fun.

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10c. 1964 AD

She’d felt more pain from Nico in their brief connection than she had from her entire legion during the battle against the giant Polybotes.

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11c. 1964 AD

Humor was a good way to hide the pain.

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12c. 1964 AD

The two of them looked so comfortable together it made Nico glad. But it also it caused an ache in his heart – a ghostly pain, like an old war wound throbbing in bad weather.

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13c. 1964 AD

Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced. Without the agony of the last few months, Piper never would have found her best friends, Hazel and Annabeth. She never would’ve discovered her own courage. She certainly wouldn’t have had the guts to sing show tunes to the snake people under Athens.

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14c. 1964 AD

He turned the crank handles, hoping the thing wouldn’t explode in his face. A few clear tones rang out-metallic yet warm. Leo manipulated the levers and gears. He recognized the song that sprang forth-the same wistful melody Calypso sang for him on Ogygia about homesickness and longing. But through the strings of the brass cone, the tune sounded even sadder, like a machine with a broken heart-the way Festus might sound if he could sing.Leo forgot Apollo was there. He played the song all the way through. When he was done, his eyes stung. He could almost smell the fresh-baked bread from Calypso’s kitchen. He could taste the only kiss she’d ever given him.

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15c. 1964 AD

Percy," my father said, "what exactly do you mean?" "Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their parents," I said. "They felt angry, resentful, and unloved, and they had a good reason.

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16c. 1964 AD

But remember: what belongs to the sea will always return to the sea.--Nereid

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17c. 1964 AD

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you'll lose it all

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18c. 1964 AD

Chiron looked surprised. “I thought that would be obvious enough. The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.

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19c. 1964 AD

Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.

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20c. 1964 AD

My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

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21c. 1964 AD

Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet--

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22c. 1964 AD

Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.

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23c. 1964 AD

Percy blinked. “So your brother is a winged horse. But you’re also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in the world are my…You know what? Lets’ forget it.

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24c. 1964 AD

He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side of things. After Tyson the Cyclops adopted him as a brother, Percy decided that that was about as far as he wanted to extend the family.

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