Everyone hates clowns," Otis said. "Even other clowns hate clowns.

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.

There's healing in your hand, in your voice, in your heart, in your eyes! YOU ARE A HEALER!

Old age is the new childhood.

Ruth and I are happily incompatible.

You can't be beautiful," Brandy says about a thousand times, "until you feel beautiful.

'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith; it is the thing that every voter, secular or not, yearns for.

Whenever someone tells me he dreamed, I wonder if he realizes that he has never done anything but dream.

No poetic phantasy but a biological reality, a fact: I am an entity like bird, insect, plant or sea-plant cell; I live; I am alive.

I think it's so important for all of us to be able to see ourselves represented in the books we read and the movies and TV shows we watch.

I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.

Friendship is the heaven of life.