We ran, plowing through another pile of peppers. [No, I didn't pick a peck of them, Sadie - just 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.

Weariness that wants to reach the ultimate with one leap, with one fatal leap, a poor ignorant weariness that does not want to want any more: this created all gods and afterworlds.

Every country has the government it deserves.

Got dreams in my mind that got me hustling all the time.

The Holiness of God is something more and other than moral perfection: His claim upon us is something more and other than the claim of moral duty.

ANXIETY i will transform you into something useful and productive. I will not bow down to you. ~THE END

...just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives.

The more it happens, the easier it is for others, although I do understand why some actors choose not to come out. I have several famous friends who are still in the closet.

It would be possible to optimize some forms of goto, but I haven't bothered.

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. Change your thoughts and you change your world.