Piper was maybe the most impressive. She fenced with the giantess Periboia, sword against sword. Despite the fact that her opponent was five times larger, Piper seemed to be holding her own. The goddess Aphrodite floated around them on a small white cloud, strewing rose petals in the giantess's eyes and calling encouragement to Piper. 'Lovely, my dear. Yes, good. Hit her again!
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Related The goddess Aphrodite floated around them on a small white cloud, strewing rose petals in the giante... RICK RIORDAN Love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest and b... RICK RIORDAN Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees. RICK RIORDAN Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers ... RICK RIORDAN Aphrodite,” [Annabeth] said. “Venus?” Hazel asked in amazement. “Mom,” Piper s... RICK RIORDAN Piper had a new entry in her top-ten list of Times Piper Felt Useless . Fighting Shrimpz... RICK RIORDAN Don't let anyone take care of you. Can you maybe leave that for me to do? I mean, take care of you? ... MELINA MARCHETTA They both (Thalia and Hera) glared at her, and for three long seconds, Piper wasn’t sure which one... RICK RIORDAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I am a huge fan of Adrian Piper: how she works, how she reveals her process in the work, how she wri... JASON MORAN Maybe I should have resented him, but I didn't. After losing my mother, I didn't have patience for g... RICK RIORDAN Dang! Look at that RAINBOW!" Piper shouted, accidently spewing bits of apple pie from her overstuffe... VICTORIA FORESTER They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: dra... BIBLE Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand u... RICK RIORDAN She was disoriented. She was out and had to be helped to her corner, despite the fact that she was s... MAUREEN SHEA Piper?, the dog has been named that, had literally stuck her head inside a four inch pipe and couldn... DAVE FULBRIGHT Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the bloc... DICK YORK I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music. R. KELLY Piper gave Lit a friendly sorry-about-that smile. Even with her hair messed up and wearing two-day-o... RICK RIORDAN Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced. Without the ... RICK RIORDAN Instead of changing my name, I would change Piper Laurie. That was the beginning. PIPER LAURIE Reyna set her dagger on the table. Percy had the vague feeling he’d seen her before. Her hair was ... RICK RIORDAN you left and i wanted you still yet i deserved someone who was willing to stay RUPI KAUR She held her sword like she was ready to use it on anyone who got close. Darquesse could see her own... DEREK LANDY No!" Leo yelled. "Uhhh," Nico groaned from the floor. "Piper!" Jason cried. "Monke... RICK RIORDAN Piper: it looks like we have hole. Percy: Yeah we've got a dam hole! (LOL-ing) Piper: What! Percy: I... RICK RIORDAN Jason muttered "And I saw something...Really terrible." "That was Hera," Thalia grumbled, "Her ... RICK RIORDAN So now the sky was falling. Maybe the end of the world. Maybe Jesus coming again. That s... MARY CONNEALY All of them had been give a makeover. Leo was wearing pinstriped pants, black leather shoes, a white... RICK RIORDAN Her thoughts ran away to her girlhood with its passionate longing for adventure and she remembered t... SHERWOOD ANDERSON Some days after, the girl encountered her again, in a dream, as she was years ago: a very slender yo... GINA BERRIAULT Ember was watching me, green bright eyes in the shadows of the room. She crouched against the wall w... JULIE KAGAWA The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bo... SHANNON HALE She drifted towards the bedroom, on her way to have a bath or take a nap or start a war. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Their eyes locked. Again, heat rose to Livy's cheeks. He needed to stop looking at her that way. She... TERESA TYSINGER God, what had we done? It didn't really matter. Piper had been the kind of friend with whom I... JODI PICOULT If not for the horses, Piper would've died. RICK RIORDAN Maybe the secret to happiness is simplicity. AMY HARMON When she took her opposite place in the carriage corner, the brightness in her face was so charming ... CHARLES DICKENS I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses... KAZUO ISHIGURO Bless their demented little hearts. RICK RIORDAN The old London was fading from her memory. She no longer expected to see the shops that had been bom... SARA SHERIDAN Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years. He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to every... LINDA GRAY It was the sort of bone deep emotion that made him want to hold her tighter with one hand, and draw ... JEANIENE FROST He's kind of like the Pied Piper. JASON TODD For a split second I felt as though she was nobody special in the larger scheme of my life. She was ... MIRANDA JULY Butch hesitated. "Annabeth's okay. You gotta cut her some slack. She had a vision telling her to com... RICK RIORDAN He destroyed in her the knowing, doubting, sophisticated Ella, and again and again he put her intell... DORIS LESSING I was always taught if you do something, face the piper. Try to make it right. TIM HARDAWAY Festus just detected a large group of eagles behind us—long-range radar, still not in sight.” RICK RIORDAN The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only... YASUNARI KAWABATA He who pays the piper calls the tune. PROVERB My biggest dream since I was a kid was to be the woman sneaking on the pirate ship dressed like a ma... MARIA BELLO He is the Pied Piper to the children of the world. MARGRETHE II I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of: a) The dark b) Cold shivers up your s... RICK RIORDAN Live fully and without fear RICK RIORDAN APOLLO'S DAILY MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH "You are gorgeous and people love you! RICK RIORDAN So a maiden, while she remains untouched, remains dear to her own; but when she has lost her chaste ... CATULLUS The Pied Piper enjoyed people enjoying themselves. He was colorblind and race-blind and religion-bli... HANK GREENBERG The men in the room suddenly realized that they did not want to know her better. She was beautiful, ... TERRY PRATCHETT Blackjack," Percy said, "this is Piper and Jason. They're friends." The horse nickered. "U... RICK RIORDAN The one who pays the piper calls the tune AMERICAN PROVERB Gods of Olympus.” Piper stared at Leo. “What happened to you ?” His hair was grease... RICK RIORDAN There was that sound again--snap, then a footfall. She tried to whirl around as a dark form--Dear Go... KAYE GEORGE I loved playing Go Go, because the character's so extreme. And she's pretty close to my real... CHIAKI KURIYAMA My mother was a full-time mother. She didn't have much of her own career, her own life, her own ... ANGELINA JOLIE The strange thing; her face, after she hit me. She was in greater pain than I. You could see it in h... JODI PICOULT She bought a poster of the Beatles and tacked it on the wall above her bed. On days when she was fee... KEVIN BROCKMEIER She was small. Her shadow moved in the dance of chaos before her as the inferno blazed behind her an... HUBERT MARTIN He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA The Earth was singing her revolution. She was calling her brave men and women to her defense. RIVERA SUN And then there was her face: her white skin, her brown eyes, and her expression, so soft and beautif... NATSUO KIRINO I was especially pleased with Morris. She played really well, moved her opponent around the court an... HELEN DONOVAN Besides her family, the only other permanent part of her life was with her friends online. She could... STEVAN V. NIKOLIC Can I buy you a drink when you get off?" "I don't drink. Alcohol is bad for my legs." ERIC JEROME DICKEY The others were a little surprised when Piper came back on a pegasus with two unconscious demigods. RICK RIORDAN I felt like the pied piper with all those footsteps following me. JANET GUTHRIE Many times he had tried unsuccessfully to let go his hold on her. They had many fine times together,... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD There is an unspoken feminist layer to Katana. She's an aggressive modern woman with traditional... ANN NOCENTI Piper wondered if Olympian gods ever blasted their kids with lightning for being evil, or grounded t... RICK RIORDAN By five A.M., her eyes were gritty and her head ached. The single hour’s sleep she had managed to ... J.D. ROBB The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to the... EDMUND WALLER She is a rose, Jest. Lovely on the eyes, yes, but such thorns are not to be ignored. MARISSA MEYER Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with ... MARGARET MITCHELL He fixed his dark eyes on her. 'I am Kekrops, the first and eternal king of Athens. I would welcome ... RICK RIORDAN She was dressed in white, and her tunic had amazing flared sleeves which trailed on the ground behin... KEN FOLLETT I had the pleasure of seeing a real goddess today. She was her own definition of beauty. She was mag... LIONEL SUGGS I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an... DIANA GABALDON The process of putting the thing you value most in the world out for the assessment of strangers is ... ANN PATCHETT Puck swung the cannon around in anger. The nozzle spun and hit Sabrina in the chest. The force was s... MICHAEL BUCKLEY Leo scratched his head. “Well I dunno about Enchiladas—” “Enceladus,” Piper corrected... RICK RIORDAN [But despite the fact that she sloughed off Libby's assurance that he had given her a waiver a year ... JUDY MILLER Perrotte frowned. “I’d like to turn a plowshare into a sword ,” she said. “I’d cut our way... MERRIE HASKELL Yes. He saw her in his mind, exactly as she was. She bore him company with her pride, resentment, ha... CHARLES DICKENS For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like ... HARUKI MURAKAMI How many did she kill?” “Dozens, my Lord, until her sword was dull with the blood of ... DANIELLE MONSCH Piper and Hazel were ready to go, but first Annabeth turned to Percy, who was leaning on the starboa... RICK RIORDAN His breath was warm on her neck as he bent his head, resting his cheek against her hair. Her heart b... SARAH J. MAAS I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern whi... SYDNEY CARTER
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RICK RIORDAN THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!" Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t... RICK RIORDAN Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes. RICK RIORDAN Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all. RICK RIORDAN If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. RICK RIORDAN She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish. RICK RIORDAN A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ... RICK RIORDAN Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers ... RICK RIORDAN Humans see what they want to see. RICK RIORDAN Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. RICK RIORDAN Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, wh... RICK RIORDAN You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought. RICK RIORDAN This is so cool!" Nico said, jumping up and down in the driver's seat. "Is this really the sun? I th... RICK RIORDAN Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I'd known what was coming, I would've called i... RICK RIORDAN I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret. RICK RIORDAN For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked a... RICK RIORDAN He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace.... RICK RIORDAN Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’ ‘How can you even talk to me like t... RICK RIORDAN Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?" He shrugged. "Techn... RICK RIORDAN Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair. RICK RIORDAN With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later. RICK RIORDAN Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can." Grover cracked a smile.... RICK RIORDAN Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friend... RICK RIORDAN Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wro... RICK RIORDAN What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apol... RICK RIORDAN Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind... RICK RIORDAN Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die. RICK RIORDAN I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue pla... RICK RIORDAN Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand... RICK RIORDAN Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over aga... RICK RIORDAN She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doin... RICK RIORDAN The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive. RICK RIORDAN How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big ... RICK RIORDAN Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between... RICK RIORDAN Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs a... RICK RIORDAN Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face. RICK RIORDAN I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster." End of discussion.The Tita... RICK RIORDAN We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.” Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez i... RICK RIORDAN Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad. RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Perc... RICK RIORDAN You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again! RICK RIORDAN Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest. RICK RIORDAN Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s... RICK RIORDAN