He offered to stop the tide for me once. He offered to build me a palace at the bottom of the sea.

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.

Hope is a happy spirit.

The ocean cries every time it loses a drop.

Vision without an Action is Illusion. Action without a Vision is Confusion.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?

As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.

A tourist is an ugly human being.

I couldn't have gotten into Harvard with a crowbar.

Man is physical as well as metaphysical, a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.

A heavenly awe overshadowed and encompassed, as it still ought, and must, all earthly business whatsoever.