Sometimes you lie to deceive people. Sometimes you lie because you need the lie to become the truth.

Annabeth shook her head. "All these years sneaking around, and we could've just been ourse

The only strange thing about Jackson was the tattoo on the inside of his forearm - a trident as dark as seared wood, with a single line underneath and the letters

Annabeth frowned. "Percy's sword is a

Congratulations, man. What's her name?""Estelle. It was my grandmother's name. Um, on my mom's side, obviously. Not Poseidon's.""I approve, " Alex said. "Old-fashioned and elegant. Estelle Jac

The way you live each day is a sentence in the story of your life. Every day, you make the choice whether the sentence ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

I will no longer argue with the senseless and unreasonable

When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.

Life can only be kept by giving it away. But then it will bloom.

Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

When the conversation turns too quickly to films,I see it as a sign of weakness.

It was hard to reassure grown-ups when you weren't certain yourself what you were feeling and thinking—when thoughts dissolved before you could name them.

If this world is wearing thin And you're thinking of escape I'll go anywhere with you Just wrap me up in chains But if you try to go alone Don't think I'll understand Stay with me, stay with me.

The learning of the Christian man ought to begin with the fear of God.