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John C. Hawkes

"To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening."

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"To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening."

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"Nico wasn't sure whether to kick himself or Will Solace. If he hadn't been so distracted bickering with the son of Apollo, he would never have allowed the enemy to get so close."

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"It's him," I said. "Typhon."I was seriously hoping Chiron would say something good, like 'No, that's our huge friend Leroy! He's going to help us!"

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"You'd think getting chopped into a million pieces and cast into the darkest part of the Underworld would give him a subtle clue that nobody wanted him around."

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"Three men sat around a table. All were muscled and similarly greasy and easily identifiable as scum. As he breached the entrance all three were moving, drawing their own guns in surprise.Only one got off a shot."

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"The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility."

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"Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough.The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse."

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"Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die."

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"No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger."

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"I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then."
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"When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship."
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"The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language."
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"My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano."
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