It doesn't matter! From waist down, my best friend is a donkey.

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.

Numerous times throughout history, a single person has made a tremendous impact on the world. I don’t know why anyone would think that can’t still happen.

Whoever comes to me, will be free and equal, because I am freedom.

You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

I'm not racist, I've got a black president.

The unnatural and the strange have a perfume of their own

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

The audience works as such a mob. They either all laugh or all don't laugh, and, you know, changes from audience to audience.

I think it's the person's conviction that really carries a person.

I'm very happy because I won a lot. I've won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.