I don’t belong here, ” I said. “I don’t even believe in gods.”“Yeah, ” he said. “That’s how we all started. Once you start believing in them? It doesn’t get any easier.

He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're my best friend and I don't want you to die!

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

Humans see what they want to see.

Earthshaker, Stormbreaker, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

The real world is where the monsters are.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.

I want to build / and raise anew / Theseus' Temple and the Stadiums / and where Pericles livedBut there's no money, too much spent today / I had a guest over and we sat together.

Education is a candle that kindles and enlightens our mind.

Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.

If we can't face it, God can't fix it.

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.

I'm not a speed reader. I'm a speed understander.

My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts.

The difficult part of good temper consists in forbearance, and accommodation to the ill-humors of others.