Eww," Jack said, and then giggled. "Yeah, and a Paris Hilton doll that had an optional brain."Aphrodite raised her brow at him. "Don't go all crazy. There are some things even Paris Hilton can't buy.

It's not just a sunset; it's a moonrise too.

I'll find you again. Even if it takes a hundred of those years.

If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking , they can make you laugh.

Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.

Plus, according to my mother, memories change like people do, especially if there's enough alcohol involved-Aphrodite

Aphrodite makes us understand why women have drowned their babies.

Because you are the superhero fledgling. I’m just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions.

Comfort is for the lazy and the ugly." Aphrodite

She frowned at him. "That sounds vaguely like a threat." "It's not vague and it's not a threat. It's clearly blackmail.

Battle scars from the war of good versus evil have a unique beauty all their own.

Women never stalk men

At home, they'd clipped my wings and then caged me so I couldn't fall. Here, they bandaged one another's broken wings, helped each other fly.

If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers, and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.

Thankfully, beauty is easier to remove than apply, and a swipe of demaquillage in the right direction and you are you once again.

A monkey could drive this train.

Racism really does exist.

When I was a kid I got no respect. The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, "We want five thousand dollars or you'll see your kid again."

I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.