It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.
I'm just a kid, Chiron, I said miserably. What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?Chiron managed a smile. 'What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something li...
I will not have a sea creature destroyed, if I can help it. And I can help it.
I see you like to study, I said. Well done.Percy snorted. I hate to study. I’ve been guaranteed admission with a full scholarship to New Rome University, but they’re still requiring me to pass all my...
He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park.
Great victory requires great risk.-Hera
Everyone hates clowns, Otis said. Even other clowns hate clowns.
But it's your Oracle, I protested. Can't you tell us what the prophecy means?Apollo sighed. You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpos...
Anybody have any money?Frank checked his pockets. Three denarii from Camp Jupiter. Five dollars Canadian.Hedge patted his gym shorts and pulled out what he found. Three quarters, two dimes, a rubber b...
Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories th...
My mother was gone. The whole world should be black and cold. Nothing should look beautiful.
You can't plan for feelings. You have to accept that. Let it scare you. Trust that it'll be okay anyway.
Your voice is your identity. If you don't use it, your halfway to Asphodel already.
You're cute when you're worried, she muttered. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together.You are going to die while I owe you a favor, I said. Why did you take that knife?You would've done the same fo...
You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought.
This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or...Repair boy.Very funny, Piper.
There's no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.
There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.
The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle.
The real world is where the monsters are.