Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
The real world is where the monsters are.
You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.
I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it wasn’t until I was 13 and discovered the ‘Lord of the Rings’ that I learned to love reading.
I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut.
Does truth have a moral?
Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
Always, always have a plan.
The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.
Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You’re gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen.
I want some time without you organic life forms.
Leo frowned at the giant’s spire. “Can’t we blow it up or something?” “Without me, you do not have the power,” Hera said. “You might as well try to destroy a mountain.” “Done that once today,” Jason said.
Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
Calm down, Horus said. “Don’t tell me to calm down!” Bast frowned. “I didn’t.” “Talking to him!” I pointed at my forehead.
Leo: I’m almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!
The whole campfire idea freaked Piper out. It made her think of that huge purple bonfire in the dreams, and her father tied to a stake. What she got instead was almost as terrifying: a sing-along.
If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.
I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.