The others were a little surprised when Piper came back on a pegasus with two unconscious demigods.

Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies

Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!

We’ve all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I’m tragically funny and good-looking.

Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?

Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.

Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true.

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

Scrawny? Baby, I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot.

Forget the chicken-nugget smoke screen. Percy wanted Leo to invent an anti-dream hat.

Otis barreled towards them empty-handed, before apparently realizing that a) he was empty-handed and b) charging towards a large body of water to fight a son of Poseidon was maybe not a good idea.

How we feel is not who we are. We might feel like failures, but as long as we are still trying, we are not failures. We are works in progress.

What they never tell you about grief is that missing someone is the simple part.

Phantoms of thought and memory thinned and fled.

A lot of things have changed and will change, I can only wish you the best as it happens.Malice

You should never, ever apologize for anything that makes you happy.

The story of what has happened to women in Afghanistan, however, is a very important one, and fertile ground for fiction.

Daisy had known the novel was silly even as she had read it, but that had not detracted one bit from her enjoyment.

Most every dental school has discount dental services.

Scale will get you strategy.

Ultimately the way to win the game of life, is found in only one thing: Our ability to choose meaning in any life circumstance. Become the master of meaning and you master your life.