“ He had arrived at Camp Half-Blood thanks to Apollo. Now, on what would likely be his last day at camp, he was stuck with a son of Apollo. ‘Whatever,’ Nico said. ‘But we have to hurry. And you’ll follo… Rick Riordan
“ Ever come home and found your room messed up? Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to clean it, and suddenly you can't find anything? And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feelin… Rick Riordan
“ Even his hair was bigger—a massive globe of blue-black frizz so thick that hislobster-claw horns appeared to be drowning as they tried to swim their way to the surface.Is that why they named you Aphro… Rick Riordan
“ Erre es korakas, Blinkey! Dionysus cursed. I will have your soul! Um, he's a video game character, I said. Rick Riordan
“ Don't get starry-eyed about somebody you can't have, especially if it blinds you to somebody who's really important. Rick Riordan
“ Dark seams radiated outwards like a shotgun blast of ink, as if Nico's body were trying to expel all the shadows he'd travelled through. Yesterday had been worse: an entire meadow withering, skeletons… Rick Riordan
“ Curled up at the base of the scales, fast asleep, was the oddest monster I'd seen yet. It had the head of crocodile with a lion's mane. The front half of its body was a lion, but the back end was slee… Rick Riordan
“ But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil. Rick Riordan
“ But Annabeth knew that people saw what they wanted to see. They didn’t need the Mist to warp their perceptions. Rick Riordan
“ At least he had Annabeth. They would find a way out of Tartarus. They had to. He didn't think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be togethe… Rick Riordan
“ Are you kidding? She looked at me as if I'd just dropped from the moon. Her cheeks were bright red.What's the problem now? I demanded.Me, go with you to the...the 'Thrill Ride of Love'? How embarrassi… Rick Riordan
“ Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and gave him a kiss whenever he did something stupid.She must have kissed me a lot, Percy thought. Rick Riordan
“ Annabeth frowned. Percy's sword is a she?Jack laughed. Well, .Percy studied Riptide, though I could've told him from experience it was almost impossible to tell a sword's gender by looking at it.I don… Rick Riordan
“ Annabeth didn’t want to sleep, but her body betrayed her. Her eyelids turned to lead. Percy, wake me for second watch. Don’t be a hero.He gave her that smirk she’d come to love. Who, me?He kissed her,… Rick Riordan
“ A demigod! one snarled.Eat it! yelled another.But that's as far as they got before I slashed a wide arc with Riptide and vaporized the entire front row of monsters.Back off! I yelled at the rest, tryi… Rick Riordan
“ You're already married! Hera protested. To me!Curses! said Zeus. Er, I mean, of course, dear. Rick Riordan
“ You see that massive giantess blocking the river? Technically speaking, Jack said, I can’t see anything, because I don’t have eyes. But yes, I see the giant. Rick Riordan
“ You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns sour in the end. But if you take the hard path - ah, that's how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean s… Rick Riordan
“ Yay!' he said. 'Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM! Rick Riordan
