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"There are tiresome moments. It feels like LOTR all over again. With long paragraphs spent in describing a place or a scene. While it is nice to waddle in the flood of words, it feels like a chore especially when you're already physically exhausted." — Dec 11, 2013 01:44PM
"There are tiresome moments. It feels like LOTR all over again. With long paragraphs spent in describing a place or a scene. While it is nice to waddle in the flood of words, it feels like a chore especially when you're already physically exhausted." — Dec 11, 2013 01:44PM
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"will get back to reading this when I'm not needing fiction. It felt so non-fiction to me since Chapter 1..." — Dec 07, 2013 09:34PM
"will get back to reading this when I'm not needing fiction. It felt so non-fiction to me since Chapter 1..." — Dec 07, 2013 09:34PM
“Correct." Kekrops sounded bitter, like he regretted his decision. "My people were the original Athenians--the gemini."
"Like your zodiac sign?" Percy asked. "I'm a Leo."
"No, stupid," Leo said. "I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.”
― The Blood of Olympus
"Like your zodiac sign?" Percy asked. "I'm a Leo."
"No, stupid," Leo said. "I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.”
― The Blood of Olympus
“Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!" Sophie said. "I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it!”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
― Howl’s Moving Castle
“Realize that by hurting your own characters, you are not a sadist. You are not deliberately hurting your loved ones merely to watch them suffer. You’re giving a gift. You’re helping them grow and develop. Your characters take on deeper meaning to become more alive on your pages. They’ll become real.”
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“The darkness is my birthright.”
― The Blood of Olympus
― The Blood of Olympus
“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Eleanor & Park
― Eleanor & Park
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