Pain is an interesting thing. You think you have reached your limit and you can’t possibly feel more tortured. Then you discover there is still another level of agony. And another level after that.
Otis and his brother, Marvin, pulled the god’s chariot. They also provided Thor with a never-ending supply of goat meat. Each night, Thor killed and ate them for dinner. Each morning, Thor resurrected...
One basketball to rule them all, Leo muttered.
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!
Not all monsters were three-ton reptiles with poisonous breath. Many wore human faces.
Nobody welcomes a war - not if they're smart. But war finds everyone sooner or later. It's inevitable.
My son, what you are attempting – shadow-travel across the world, carrying the statue of Athena – it may well destroy you.’ ‘Thanks for the encouragement.
My name is Magnus Chase. I’m sixteen years old. This is the story of how my life went downhill after I got myself killed.
Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpion.
Looking up in the sky, I saw the stars were brighter now. They made a pattern I had never noticed before- a gleaming constellation that looked a lot like a girls figure- a girl with a bow, running acr...
Like water leaking through a dam, said Piper.Yeah, smiled Percy. We've got a dam hole.What? Piper asked.Nothing, he said. Inside joke.
Leo took out a pen and autographed the arm of one of the nymphs. Narcissus is a loser! He’s so weak, he can’t bench-press a Kleenex. He’s so lame, when you look up lame on Wikipedia, it’s got a pictur...
Leo couldn't help smiling. That could be fun.Fun she said unhappily.Blue elephants.Blue elephants.Kiss me you fool.You fool.
Knowledge of any value can't be given. It must be sought and earned
Keep it simple.
Just like the good old days: marching together into the unknown, searching for missing magical weapons and risking painful death. I’d missed my buddies!
Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the same fate. First, you start carrying a man satchel. Next thing you know, you're running around in a...
Just curious how much I'm going for these days, Leo said. I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe...but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks?
It's like I was connected to the plumping system.
It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn’t need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on—moving forward.