I’ll admit that I was staring. Suddenly my whole perspective had flipped inside out, like when you look at an inkblot picture and see just the black part. Then your brain inverts the image and you rea...
It's not how long you live that matters. It's what you live for.
It is true I do not like fire. But Leo Valdez's flames are not strong enough to trouble me. Somewhere behind Hazel, a soft, lyrical voice said, What about my flames, old friend?You, he said from Percy...
It doesn't matter! From waist down, my best friend is a donkey.....
It always disappointed me when mortals put themselves first and failed to see the big picture—the importance of putting me first
In the Duat, Anubis looked as he always had, with his tousled dark hair and lovely brown eyes, but I’d never seen him filled with such rage. I realized that anyone who dared to hurt me would suffer hi...
If I ever become a king, I’m totally going to ask him for an army of giant golden acid-spitting llamas. Okay, sorry. I got distracted again.
I will feast on enemies of Ra until my belly is full!Charming, Sadie whispered.
I guess we're even,Sadie.First,Walt and I rushed off to save you in London.Then,you and Walt rushed off to save me.The only one who got shafted on both deals was Walt.Poor guy gets hauled all over the...
I call it Andskoti, the Adversary. It is woven with the most powerful paradoxes in the Nine Worlds—Wi-Fi with no lag, a politician’s sincerity, a printer that prints, healthy deep-fried food, and an i...
How do we beat her? I asked.You pretty much don’t, Horus said. She is the incarnation of the sun’s wrath. Back in the day when Ra was active, she would have been much more impressive, but still. .She’...
He's nuts Bianca saidWe need to jump off this cliff i saidOh nice idea!! Your nuts too
HAZEL: THERE, she said.The official building on their left had a single word etched on the glass doors: AMAZON.oh, Frank said.Uh, no, Hazel. That's a modern thing. They're a company, Right? they sell...
Die,human! Die, silly polluting nasty person!
Child of lightning, beware the earth,The giants' revenge the seven shall birth,The forge and the dove shall break the cage,And death unleash through Hera's rage.
The wand ricocheted through the swarm, thumping six, seven, eight of the little monsters before returning to Carter’s hand.Not bad, I said. Keep it up!
So, great. This is Camp…what do you call it? Camp Fish-Blood?Aphros frowned. I hope that was a joke. This is Camp __________. He made a sound that was a series of sonar pings and hisses.
See, bad things happen to me on field trips. Like at my fifth-grade school, when we went to the Saratoga battlefield, I had this accident with a Revolutionary War cannon. I wasn't aiming for the schoo...
Oh, I believe you. It’s too ridiculous not to be true. It’s just that each time my world gets stranger, I think: Right. We’re at maximum oddness now. At least I know the full extent of it. First, I fi...
Nico leaned over and plucked a grape. Probably that was the guy’s entire diet for the day.