He didn’t think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be together.
Monsters,′ her dad said, a tear tracing his cheek. ‘I live in a world of monsters.
Amos stopped before the entrance, which was the size of a garage door – a dark heavy square of timber with no visible handle or lock. “Carter after you.” “Um, how do I – ” “How do you think?” Great another mystery. I was about to suggest we ram Amos’s head against it and see if that worked.
We only came close to dying six or seven times which I thought was pretty good. A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately that something was my face.
You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns sour in the end. But if you take the hard path – ah, that’s how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean something.
Leo felt trapped. He’d once been stuck in a cave on top of Pikes Peak, surrounded by a pack of werewolves. Another time he’d been stuck in an abandoned factory with a family of evil Cyclopes. But this – standing in an open clearing with a dozen pretty girls – was much worse.
Sadie,” he said forlornly, “when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children’s.
Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding. -Hestia.
Come on,” I said. “I’ve got some questions for Thoth. And then I’m going to punch him in the beak.
Out my left, I saw baboon bum, out my right, my long-lost uncle Amos. Naturally, I decided to focus on the right.
The Cyclopes growled, “I don’t see very well since the last hero poked my eye out, but you’re... NO... LADY... CYCLOPES!
I didn’t know baboons could drive recreational vehicles, but Khufu did okay. When I woke up around dawn, he was navigating through the early morning rush hour in Houston, baring his fangs and barking a lot, and none of the other drivers seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary.
Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. But she did something that surprised me even more... She kissed me.
Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
Enchiladas!” Grover said. I wasn’t sure where that came from, but it didn’t seem to help much.
Bob says hello.
We create order out of chaos, beauty and meaning out of ugly randomness.
I don’t feel that way anymore,” Nico muttered. “I mean... I gave up on Percy. I was young and impressionable, and I-I don’t...
Plus, humor is a good way to hide the pain. – Leo.
I imagined having that bronzed dragon in our fight against the Titan lord Kronos. His monsters would think twice about attacking camp if they have to face that thing. On the other hand, if the dragon decided to go berserk again and attack the campers-that would pretty much stink.