Don't untie me," she said, "no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself." "Are you trying to tempt me?" "Ha-ha.

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts" - Leo Valdez

I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.

"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."

Narcissus turned and scowled at Leo. “Who are you?” “I’m the Super-sized McShizzle, man!” Leo said. “I’m Leo Valdez, bad boy supreme. And the ladies love a bad boy.

This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper.

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.

You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.

Leo: Rainbows. Very macho. Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the pegasi. Leo: Rainbows, ponies... Butch: I'm gonna toss you off this chariot.

It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.

Eccentric is a nice word to replace 'weird' and 'crazy', which you can use when you really like someone.

I am a hobbyist photographer so I relate to the visual arts that way, but Im not a painter.

Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.

Honestly, I don't go out of my way to see animated movies. I'm mostly influenced by.. the films I tend to like are the small films, small personal stories. With characters you can believe.

It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog's nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into months.

I've been wanting to do a play for years.

You have to be loyal and true to one another, or your love will never last!

Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.

Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.

We might even define the human as a dynamic process produced by a series of identifications and misidentifications with animality.