Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
I never realized how much of leadership is learning to sound confident when you're actually terrified.
A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.
Don't dwell on things. Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of sadness.
Jason’s heart lifted when he saw Nico di Angelo on the front lines with the Greeks, slashing his way through a crowd of two-headed men.
As of this moment,' Sadie growled, 'my brother's name is Punching Bag. Seems he hasn't been telling me everything
A half blood of the eldest dogs...""Er, Percy?" Annabeth interrupted. "That's gods. Not dogs.""Oh, right," I said.
Chiron looked surprised. “I thought that would be obvious enough. The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.
Travis: The Aphrodite kids were ripping each other’s clothes and throwing lipstick and jewellery. It was like a rabid herd of wild Bratz.
Ever since my famous battle with Python, I've had a phobia of scaly reptilian creatures. (Especially if you include my stepmother, Hera. BOOM!)
That really was NOT fun, though. Well, the hitting her with a stick part, that was fun. But crashing into a concrete bear? NOT fun.
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!
That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can fly.
Anyway... she knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a horse who knows a goat who knows another horse-
It's a good thing Jack was no longer in my hands, because I would've pulled a full-on Kylo Ren temper tantrum.
Grover: It’s a very sweet love story. I get misty-eyed every time I play it. So does Percy, but I think that’s because he’s laughing at me.
That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.”Which one is me?” I asked.The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested.Oh, shut up.
When I was alive, I mean the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We were at war.”“Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?
The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.
Ceres wanted a united front in the plant war.""The plant war," Percy said. "You're going to arm all the little grapes with tiny assault rifles?
What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.
Just when I'd started to feel accepted, to feel I had a home in cabin eleven and I might be a normal kid - or as normal as you can be when you're a half-blood - I'd been seperated out as if I had some rare disease.
Drinking it, my whole body felt warm and good, full of energy. My grief didn't go away, but I felt as if my mom had just brushed her hand against my cheek, given me a cookie the way she used to when I was small, and told me everythng was going to be okay
Drinking it, my whole body felt warm and good, full of energy. My grief didn't go away, but I felt as if my mom had just brushed her hand against my cheek, given me a cookie the way she used to when I was small, and told me everythng was going to be okay.
Sir, I...I can't fail in my duties again." Grover's voice was choked with emotion. "You know what that would mean.""You haven't failed, Grover," Mr. Brunner said kindly.
You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are
But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily.-Aphrodite
Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.
Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. “I love you.”She wasn’t sure he could hear her—but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.
She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a girl who didn't mind getting her hands dirty. But of course, that was just a general comment. Didn't apply to Calypso. Obviously.
My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.
It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't sayyou're okay, orwe're alive. After all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together. She loved him for saying that.
Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
