No demigod can heal your heart."Aphrodite to Reyna, at Charleston

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.

You think it's easy to forget someone who made you look forward to tomorrow... And I hope you never experience convincing a paralyzed heart to keep on beating when it simply wants to die.

The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive.

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

Art is apotheosis; Often, the complaint of beauty.

I don't like thank you cards because I don't know what else to say. What do I put on the inside? See Front.

I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence.

But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me.

[In art], less is more.

American culture is often so self-consumed that we often think that our problems are just our problems.

I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.