Nothing?" Favonius cried. "The one you care for most... plunged into Tartarus, and you still will not allow the truth?"Suddenly Jason felt like he was eavedrop

Lots of death, huh? Personally, I'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!

He scowled at Jason. "And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again.

But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.

Jason's fingers itched to draw his sword. He'd met plenty of scary demigods, but he was starting to realize that Nico di Angelo--as pale and gaunt as he looked--might be more than he could handle.

Think long and hard about how you proceed, Nico di Angelo. You cannot lie to Cupid. If you let your anger rule you... well, your fate will be even sadder then mine.

Your destiny grows clearer, Jason Grace. When the choice comes again- storm or fire- remember me. And do not despair.

Twelve minutes. I can give you that.

Love was the most savage monster of all.

Love is on every side, and no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.

Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.

Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord, ' and do not do what I say? (Luke 6:46)

A writing day is like any other day. Except I live in my pajamas, I forget to eat, and I suddenly look up, wondering when day turned into night.

The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman.

Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.

I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.

I am a player in life, not an observer. I look at herpes the way you look at a scraped knee.

I love the idea that more people would read short fiction. I think it's such a humanizing form. It softens the boundaries between people.

There is a continuum between science and philosophy. As Fichte said (but did not practice), philosophy should be the science of sciences.

Integrity is about being integrated with the spiritual values of the Universe. It is also about being happy, because happiness and joy mean that you're coming into integrity with your soul.