Look, " Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in the nineteen eighties-""He mentioned it!" one of the ghosts whimpered.

Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!

Life is only precious because it ends, kid.

It wasn’t easy looking dignified wearing a bed sheet and a purple cape.

[Iris] squeezed his hand. "Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.

Her name badge read: Hello! My name is DIE, DEMIGOD SCUM!

The thing about plummetting downhill at fifty miles an hour on a snack platter - if you realize it's a bad idea when you're halfway down, it's too late.

Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are

June cackled with delight, muttering, "Whoops!" as a car almost killed them.

Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate

It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn’t need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on—moving forward.

Everything about her always seemed to dance. Her lips as she spoke, her eyes as she laughed, even her hands as she made the cup of coffee I just ordered.

I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag.

Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.

He didn’t know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind.

I came into adult life equipped with an essentially romantic ethic.

I write poems, have always written them, to transcend the painfully personal and reach the universal.

In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.