I don't know yet, ... But I am concerned President Bush nominated someone who is a blank slate. I'm disappointed he wanted to nominate someone like that instead of someone with a record.


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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as fa...
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I said hello to the poodle.
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Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter."

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Love is on every side, Cupid said. And no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.<...
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Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.

Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,...
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Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson...
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You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats th...
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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The real world is where the monsters are.
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It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
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I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
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We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
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Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of h...
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human b...
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She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbre...
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Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”
“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
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Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
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She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a...
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Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
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Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge fin...
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Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a tot...
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Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
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Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of wha...
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Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we ...
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He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank...
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Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the ...
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Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in ...
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Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a ...
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Juno: "All roads lead there child. You should know that."
Percy: "Detention?
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They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a littl...
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Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid...
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That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
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Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
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Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
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You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
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Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
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They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
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I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
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This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
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Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
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Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
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Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
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Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
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There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
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Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
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Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN
Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
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