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

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.

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?

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

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.

Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time

I never lose sight of the whole. An impeccable dress is made to be lived in, to be torn, wet, stained, crumpled.

He that wrongs his friend, wrongs himself more.

We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.

The reality is that the "gayborhoods" are going away. It's because of many factors, including the internet and increased acceptance, but mostly it's the cost of housing.

The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath.

I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans.

Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.

Isn't it interesting that eating a banana is somehow comical.