I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.
Rick RiordanShe had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her.
Rick RiordanAnd now, Anubis, I find you in this den of iniquity, this morass of questionable behavior, this...this--' 'School?
Rick RiordanEver come home and found your room messed up? Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "clean" it, and suddenly you can't find anything? And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feeling like somebody's been looking through your private stuff and dusting everything with lemon furniture polish?
Rick Riordan