Your voice is your identity. If you don't use it, your halfway to Asphodel already.

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.

No healthy mind could bring itself to torture another human being.

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.

If you aren't making waves, you aren't kicking hard enough.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

With Kindness 1+1 always equals more than 2

Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.

Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.

My passions, concentrated on a single point, resemble the rays of a sun assembled by a magnifying glass: they immediately set fire to whatever object they find in their way.

These terrible sociologists, who are the astrologers and alchemists of our twentieth century.

Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.