Not all powers are spectacular. Hestia looked at me. Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.
My sister, with her ratty red-highlighted hair and her linen pajamas and her combat boots—how could she possibly worry about being possessed by a goddess? What goddess would want her, except the godde...
My eyes were gray—more like my cousin Annabeth’s than my mom’s.
Meat! he said scornfully. I'm a vegetarian.You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans, I reminded him.Those are vegetables.
Look, I never wanted to be a half-blood. most of the time it gets you killed in nasty, dangerous ways.
Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!
Leo got up and brushed himself off. I hate that guy. He offered Jason his arm like they should go skipping together.I`m Dylan. I`m so cool, I want to date myself, but I can`t figure out how! You want...
I’d been to the British museum before. In fact I’ve been in more museums than I like to admit—it makes me sound like a total geek.[That’s Sadie in the background, yelling I am a total geek. Thanks, Si...
It will make you powerful. But it will also make you weak. Your prowess in combat will be beyond any mortal's, but your weaknesses, your failings will increase as well.You mean I'll have a bad heel? I...
It was almost enough to make me turn vegetarian, except for the pesky fact that I loved cheeseburgers.
It doesn’t seem right? Another part of him wondered, Since when do I worry about what’s right?
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
I wasn't aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway.
I was glad to be with her, but it also kind of hurt, and it hurt when I wasn't with her, too.
I uncapped the blade, flung open the door, and found myself face-to-face with a black pegasus. Its voice spoke in my mind as it clopped away from the sword blade.
I turned and found Dionysus standing there, still in his black suit.Walk with me, he said.Where to? I asked suspiciously.Just to the campfire, he said. I was beginning to feel better, so Ithought I wo...
I need to talk to Clarisse, Annabeth said.I stared at her as if she'd just said I need to eat a large, smelly boot.What for?
I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping along behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny.Of course, th...
I had weird dreams full of barnyard animals. Most of them wanted to kill me. The rest wanted food.
I gave the dwarves an arrogant look, like, Yeah, that’s right. I’ve got a talking disco sword and you don’t.