Go with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all. Hades feeds on doubt and hopelessness. He will trick you if he can, make you mistrust your own judgment. Once you are in his realm, he will never willingly let you leave. Keep faith. Good luck, Percy Jackson.
I try to avoid teaming up with goddesses who eat roadkill. It’s one of my personal boundaries.
Piper’s advantages: she was small, she was quick, and she was absolutely insane.
It’s okay, man,” I said, though I realized my definition of okay had become flexible over the last few months.
Man, what is your problem?” Leo grumbled. Percy blinked. “So... I guess we’re not cool?” “Of course we’re not cool! You’re as bad as Jason! I’m trying to resent you for being all perfect and hero-y and whatnot. Then you go and act like a standup guy. How am I supposed to hate you if you apologize and promise to help and stuff?” A smile tugged at the corner of Percy’s mouth. “Sorry about that.
Thor gets a little upset. He still holds a grudge that Jesus never showed up for that duel he challenged him to.
Strangely, it was Athena who spoke up: ‘The boy is correct. We have been unwise to ignore our children. It proved a strategic weakness in this war and almost caused our destruction. Percy Jackson – I have had my doubts about you, but perhaps -’ she glanced at Annabeth, and then spoke as if the words had a sour taste – ’perhaps I was mistaken.
I can’t see the future,” Nico told him, “but I can often tell when people are close to death. You’re not. I don’t know when that piece of firewood will burn up. Eventually, we all run out of firewood. But it won’t be soon, Praetor Zhang. You and Hazel... you’ve got a lot more adventures ahead of you. You’re just getting started.
Deal. Now, could you please untie my sword hand from my head? I feel like a freaking unicorn.
Three cheers for acting appropriately!
He’d heard about people who ascended too quickly and developed nitrogen bubbles in their blood. Leo wanted to avoid carbonated blood.
Nico explained as concisely as possible. Messages sent through dreams.
They were presently on hold with Comcast customer service and might not emerge for hours, if indeed they survived the ordeal at all.
How could a homeless kid have a dad who was the god of abundance and wealth? Talk about a cruel joke.
But you, Percy – you are part god, part human. You live in both worlds. You can be harmed by both, and you can affect both. That’s what makes heroes so special. You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal. Monsters never die... They must be defeated again and again, kept at bay. Heroes embody that struggle. You fight the battles humanity must win, every generation, in order to stay human.
Even with my sunglasses on, my eyeballs were screaming in pain. Stupid beautiful sunrise in stupid Elf World.
Yeah, Cabin One. A big honor, the other campers had told him. Sure, if you liked sleeping in a cold tempelby yourself with Hippie Zeus frowning down at you all night.
May the gods defend me from heroes with duct tape. And heroes always seem to have duct tape.
Strike the hue. Westward, burning. Pages turning. Indiana. Ripe banana. Happiness approaches. Serpents and roaches.
Catch that last episode of Doctor Who?