{"quotes":[{"text":"Yes, an actual full-sized camel. If you find that confusing, just think how the criosphinx must have felt.Where did the camel come from, you ask? I may have mentioned Walt’s collection of amulets. Two of them summoned disgusting camels. I’dmet them before, so I was less than excited when a ton of dromedary flesh flew across my line of sight, plowed into the sphinx, and collapsed on topof it. The sphinx growled in outrage as it tried to free itself. The camel grunted and farted.“Hindenburg,” I said. Only one camel could possibly fart that badly. “Walt, why in the world—?”“Sorry!” he yelled. “Wrong amulet!”The technique worked, at any rate. The camel wasn’t much of a fighter, but it was quite heavy and clumsy. The criosphinx snarled and clawedat the floor, trying unsuccessfully to push the camel off; but Hindenburg just splayed his legs, made alarmed honking sounds, and let loose gas.I moved to Walt’s side and tried to get my bearings.","author":"Rick Riordan","tags":["carter-kane","destruction","earthquakes","floods","funny","funny-and-random","giant-snake","humour","ra","rebellious","riordan","riots","sadie-kane","serpent","snake","sun","survive","tornado","tsunamis"],"id":27304,"author_id":"Rick+Riordan"},{"text":"No Goodbye'The floods of tears,Flow for thee,As I remember how it used to be.Your gentle touch,Your tender caress,Your scented perfume,Your tender kiss.But things do change,In the blink of an eye,An errant driver,No goodbyes.All I remember,Is how it was,Before that fatal night,When all was lost.'I love you.","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["accident","caress","change","driver","errant-driver","floods","flow","goodbye","kiss","love","miss","no-goodbyes","perfume","philosophy","scented","tender","things"],"id":81694,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"},{"text":"Our problems started in Dallas, when the fire-breathing sheep destroyed the King Tut exhibit.","author":"Rick Riordan","tags":["carter-kane","destruction","earthquakes","floods","funny","funny-and-random","giant-snake","humour","ra","rebellious","riordan","riots","sadie-kane","serpent","snake","sun","survive","tornado","tsunamis"],"id":183407,"author_id":"Rick+Riordan"},{"text":"I noticed that volcanoes, earthquakes and floods, though are not good events, they are better than the silence of good people when bad people take the podium. The latter are to an extent uncontrollable, but the former can be stopped.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["bad-events","control","disaster","disasters","earthquake","earthquakes","events","flood","floods","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","leaders","leadership","martin-luther","martin-luther-king","martin-luther-king-jr","podium","sad-events","sad-news","silence","silent","truth","volcano","volcanoes"],"id":287290,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"If you’re listening to this, congratulations! You survived Doomsday.I’d like to apologize straightaway for any inconvenience the end of the world may have caused you. The earthquakes, rebellions, riots,tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, and of course the giant snake who swallowed the sun—I’m afraid most of that was our fault. Carter and I decided we should at least explain how it happened.","author":"Rick Riordan","tags":["carter-kane","destruction","earthquakes","floods","funny","funny-and-random","giant-snake","humour","ra","rebellious","riordan","riots","sadie-kane","serpent","snake","sun","survive","tornado","tsunamis"],"id":453152,"author_id":"Rick+Riordan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}