My face felt like my normal face, as if that part of me hadn’t transformed into a bird. [Fine, Sadie. Call me the Carter-headed chicken. Happy?]
Monsters don't die. They just dissipate into smoke and dust, which saves heroes a lot of trouble cleaning up after a fight.
Maybe being home schooled, Carter didn’t realize that test is normally a bad thing.
Love was the most savage monster of all.
Love is on every side, and no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.
Jason decided there was nothing in the world scarier than a gang of bat-wielding grannies.
It’s a training camp, Leo realized. He looked at Aphros in awe. You train heroes, the same way Chiron does?Aphros nodded, a glint of pride in his eyes. We have trained all the famous mer-heroes! Name...
It blew my mind that this stuff had survived for two thousand, three thousand years.
Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.
Intelligence won wars, not brute force.
If you ever leave me again,’ she said, her eyes stinging, ‘I swear to all the gods-‘Percy had the nerve to laugh. Suddenly the lump of heated emotions melted inside Annabeth.‘Consider me warned,’ Perc...
If my mom told one more story about how cute I looked in the bathtub when I was three years old I was going to burrow into the snow and freeze myself to death.
I'd come to respect the bag.
I wondered if I should start a small fire in Percy Jackson's sink, perhaps burn some bandages in thanks, but I decided that might strain that Jackson's hospitality.
I still don't get it Coach Hedge muttered as they roamed the centre aisle. They named a whole town after Leo's table?I think the town was here first, Coach Nico said.
I remembered the last time Annabeth and I had parted ways, when she'd given me a kiss for luck in Mount St. Helens. This time, all I got was the hat.
I guess it started in London, the night our dad blew up the British museum.
I gave the dwarves an arrogant look, like, Yeah, that’s right. I’ve got a talking disco sword and you don’t.
Hello George. Hey Martha (Percy) Did you bring us a rat? (George) George, stop it!He's busy! (Martha) Too busy for rats? That's just sad. (George)
Genius does not excuse evil.