We’re fine.’ A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

Nico studied his face – his sea-green eyes, his grin, his ruffled black hair. Somehow Percy Jackson seemed like a regular guy now, not a mythical figure. Not someone to idolize or crush on.

You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought.

A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.

So, ’ Nico said, ‘since we’re going to be spending at least a year seeing each other at camp, I think I should clear the air.’ Percy’s smile wavered. ‘What do you mean?

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne.

Then Thalia Grace became their leader and started recruiting even more young women to their cause, which grated on Nico – as if Bianca’s death could be forgotten. As if she could be replaced.

He'd gone from sixteen to seventy-five in a matter of seconds, but the old-man smell happened instantly, like boom. Congratulations! You stink!

Jason hated being an old man.

He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing.

it's a rare day when she speaks in anything but platitudes--all those exhausted phrases and hand-me-down ideas that cram the dump sites of contemporary wisdom

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves!

I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

Don't change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you're wrong.

Sometimes coloring outside the lines can cost you. Only you can figure out if it’s worth it.

Music is a savage art, a measured madness.

Behold me, here I am; thy little handmaiden Acceptance-with-Joy and all that is in my heart is thine.

The future has no other reality than as present hope, and the past is no more than present memory.

When there is blood on the street, I am buying.