Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.

The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. “I love you.”She wasn’t sure he could hear her—but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.

My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.

Love was the most savage monster of all.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought.

Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are

A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.

Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things.

Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

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

It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.

You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.

Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.

It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.

She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.

This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.

She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts.

I said hello to the poodle.

I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.

Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies

I'm the Super-sized McShizzle, man!" Leo said. "I'm Leo Valdez, bad boy supreme. And the ladies love a bad boy.

What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.

You're a stalker with hooves.""I am not! I followed her to the Big House and hid in a bush and watched the whole thing.

This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or...""Repair boy.""Very funny, Piper.

Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?""Yeah," Percy said. "He slaughtered my panda.

Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!

Leo couldn't help smiling. "That could be fun.""Fun" she said unhappily."Blue elephants.""Blue elephants.""Kiss me you fool.""You fool.

Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.

Right," she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative.

Hmm…” Jason snapped his fingers. “I can call a friend for a ride.”Percy raised his eyebrows. “Oh, yeah? Me too. Let's see whose friend gets here first.

Five syllables," Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad.

Down in the water, Octavian yelled, “Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!”“Tempting,” Percy called down.

Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.

Please, Percy...change your clothes. You smell like you've been run over by an electric horse.

Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!

You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?

Percy was getting tired of water.If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Poseidon’s Junior Sea Scouts, but he didn’t care.

I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster." End of discussion.The Titan hefted his spear and they continued marching into the gloom.

Coach Hedge yelled,“Thar she blows! Kansas, ahoy!”“Holy Hephaestus,” Leo muttered. “He really needs to work on his shipspeak.

Right," Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

Holy mother!""Hmph. More like holy father. I'd think you'd know the difference."-Hephaetus

Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”“No!”“Me neither,” Leo admitted.

Hazel!” he yelled. “That box! Open it!”She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te label read WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. “Open it!” Leo yelled again.

Humor was a good way to hide the pain.

People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn't explain how. She didn't really want to know.

Leo had seen Tia Callida in action; she liked knives, snakes and putting babies in roaring fires. Yeah, definitely let's unleash her rage. Great idea.

Ceres wanted a united front in the plant war.""The plant war," Percy said. "You're going to arm all the little grapes with tiny assault rifles?

hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope he is just bluffing.

Etiquette tip: If you're looking for the right time to leave a party, when the host yells, "No one leaves here alive," that's your cue.

The Princess Andromeda?""Went ka-boom.

I stared at him (Dionysus). "You're...you're married? But I thought you got in trouble for chasing a wood nymph-

I past another telkhine, who was so startled he dropped his Lil' Demons lunch box. I left him alive - partly because he had a cool lunch box...

This did not seem to reassure Nico.“I don’t like being in the dark,” he muttered.An odd complaint for a child of Hades, but I understood what he meant.

Oh, Hazel is awesome," Don Said. "She's so nice! All the other campers are like 'Go away Don.' But she's like 'Please go away, Don.' I love her!

Fortunately, we did most of our athletic stuff inside, so we didn't have to jog through Tribeca looking like a bunch of boot-camp hippie children.

But Grover’s voice was already growing fainter. ‘Sweet dreams. Don’t let me die!

That's it, cupcake. You're going down.

It was beautiful in a harsh I'm-going-to-gut-you-like-a-fish kind of way.

If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.

Leo. Jason said, you're wierd. Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. But if you don't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes. Come on!

anyway. Leo said, I hope you've got your worksheet, 'cause I used mine for spit wads days ago. Why are you looking at me like that? Somebody draw on my face again?

Nothing lasts forever. But the thing is, you can reuse some. Use your mind. - Leo's Mother, The Lost Hero

Does truth have a moral?

Sometimes you lie to deceive people. Sometimes you lie because you need the lie to become the truth.

It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth,” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?

We’re fine.’ A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard.

I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

Two farewell gifts," Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life.

Victory must be real. It must be earned. That means it must be rare and difficult, against steep odds, and defeat must be the other.

You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.

Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne.

Getting a second life is one thing. Making a better life, that's the trick.

[Iris] squeezed his hand. "Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.

Hope," Frank grumbled. "I'd rather have a few good weasels.

I am not choosing one of your paths, I am making one of my own.

And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.

Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

The less you knew, the fewer monsters you’d attract,