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.

When I got across, I looked back and saw Tyson giving Grover a piggyback ride (or was it a goatyback ride?).

But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.

Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.

And you, Percy, are my favorite son.

Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things.

You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.

Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?

Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.

You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan

I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.

I think I earned the players' respect, and that's the ultimate in life, isn't it? I didn't care if they liked me or disliked me, as long as I had their respect.

Information cannot serve as an effective substitute for thinking.

I'm 48, which is a bit of a shock to me. Why only last year I thought I was a precocious young thing!

Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.

I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

No matter what we're trying to accomplish in life, or what career path we're trying to take, sometimes we get caught up and lose perspective on what's important in life.

Take to the study of the law. Possession is nine points of it, which thou hast of me. Self-possession is the tenth.

Admiration must be continued by that novelty which first produces it; and how much soever is given, there must always be reason to imagine that more remains.