It's stupid, what keeps families apart

Nico studied his face – his sea-green eyes, his grin, his ruffled black hair. Somehow Percy Jackson seemed like a regular guy now, not a mythical figure. Not someone to idolize or crush on.

You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought.

A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.

So, ’ Nico said, ‘since we’re going to be spending at least a year seeing each other at camp, I think I should clear the air.’ Percy’s smile wavered. ‘What do you mean?

We’re fine.’ A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne.

Then Thalia Grace became their leader and started recruiting even more young women to their cause, which grated on Nico – as if Bianca’s death could be forgotten. As if she could be replaced.

He'd gone from sixteen to seventy-five in a matter of seconds, but the old-man smell happened instantly, like boom. Congratulations! You stink!

Jason hated being an old man.

We'll meet again, but you're a lifetime away, and I need you now.

I sure would like to get kissed.How would that feel on my mouth, How different would I be after, a changed climate down in my insides?

The terrible thing about sunlight is it shows the dirt.

Madonna's great instinctive intelligence was evident to me from her earliest videos.

Weak minds think alike.

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

Having a fantasy come true doesn't always mean it will be permanent.

If I hadn't been living here [in America], do you think we would have gotten a Grammy? No chance.

Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time.

When I'm not writing music, I'm playing guitar, or reading philosophy. So all I have left is just an hour or two for Claudia Schiffer.