On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.

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.

. . . I lay on the bed and lost myself in the stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.

How will machines know what we value if we don't know ourselves?

I think a lot of our team commitment is a silent understanding that each one of us has poured our life into what we're doing.

Our Heavenly Healer often has to hurt us in order to heal us. We sometimes fail to recognize His mighty love in this, yet we are firmly held always in the Everlasting Arms.

Finding a name for something is a way of conjuring its existence, of making it possible for people to see a pattern where they didn't see anything before.

Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.

I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

Man is like an onion. His potential is exposed one layer at a time until all he is, is known by all.

Our education apparatus can't be one that produces robots. That can happen in laboratory. There has to be overall personality development.

It's not the subject that's cliché; it's cliché or not. But in fact, this is the way you're talking about it.