Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. I'm glad you're not a guinea pig.Me, too. I hoped my face wasn't as red...
Because Anno Domini, in the Year of Our Lord, is fine for Christians, but Thor gets a little upset. He still holds a grudge that Jesus never showed up for that duel he challenged him to. Say what now?
Back up, I said. What did Sam mean by again? You’ve lost your hammer before? Once, Thor said. Okay, twice. Three times if you count this time, which you shouldn’t, because I am not admitting that the...
Back up shall we? When my brother, the crazy chicken warrior, turned into a falcon and went up the pyramid’s chimney with his new friend, the fruit bat, he left me playing nurse to two very wounded pe...
At the rear of the bus, the driver wrenched a big chunk of smoking metal out of the engine compartment. The bus shuddered, and the engine roared back to life. The passengers cheered. Darn right! yelle...
Are you guys busy? Juniper asked. Well, I said, we're in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die. We're not busy, Annabeth said.
Annabeth didn’t mean to, but she surged forward. Percy rushed toward her at the same time. The crowd tensed. Some reached for swords that weren’t there. Percy threw his arms around her. They kissed, a...
A person's shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.
A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.
Chocolate must be savored, not rushed.)
I told my brain., said my brain.My brain refused to get out of my head. Inconsiderate brain.
Zia, I said, that's a goddess. She defeated Bast. What chance do you have?Zia held up her staff and the carved lion's head burst into flames - a small red fireball so bright, it lit the entire room. I...
You’ve probably met moms like that. You say, Yeah, I scored a goal in the soccer game last night. And she says, Oh, that’s nice. All fourteen of my children are the captains of their teams, and they m...
You sure about this? I asked Thalia. She turned to me. Amaltheia leads me to good things. The last time she appeared, she led me to you.The compliment warmed me like a cup of hot chocolate. I'm a suck...
You can do this I murmured. You are my brother. I love you. All the embarrassing bits, all the annoying bits, which I imagine is most of you--a thousand Zias might run away from you if they knew the t...
Yeah, my bad, Leo muttered. I should've crashed on one of the other islands. Oh, wait-there aren't any! She [Calypso] snarled and kept walking along the edge of the water.
Wonderful, Annabeth thought. Her own mother, the most levelheaded Olympian, was reduced to a raving, vicious scatterbrain in a subway station. And, of all the gods who might help them, the only ones n...
We’re staying together, he promised. You’re not getting away from me. Never again. Only then did she understand what would happen. A one-way trip. A very hard fall. As long as we’re together, she said...
The River Styx,' Annabeth murmured. 'It's so...''Polluted,' Charon said. 'For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across - hopes, dreams, wishes that never came...
Keep moving. Don't get bogged down. Don't think about the bad stuff. Smile and joke even when you don't feel like it. Especially when you don't feel like it.