Nico didn’t respond. He’d never had anyone talk to him this openly before, except maybe for Hazel. He felt like he was watching a flock of birds settle on a field. One loud sound might startle them away.
No offense, kid, but I have a strong desire to murder your uncle with extreme prejudice.” “No offense taken,” I said. “I’m tempted to help you.
Don’t mind Mallory. She’s a sweetheart, once you get past the fact that she’s a horrible person.
Oh, man,” Jason said. “Wait till I tell Piper. Hey, since I’m all alone in my cabin too, you and I can share a table in the dining hall. We can team up for capture the flag and sing-along contests and – ” “Are you trying to scare me away?
Oh, but I don’t abide by your time frame, giant,” Reyna said. “A Roman does not wait for death. She seeks it out, and meets it on her own terms.
You missed a pedestrian,” I said. “You want to go back and hit her?
You Look Great Without a Nose, Really.
My heroes, our time together is short,” Juno said. “I am grateful that you called upon me. I have spent weeks in a state of pain and confusion... my Greek and Roman natures warring against each other. Worse, I’ve been forced to hide from Jupiter, who searches for me in his misguided wrath, believing that I caused this war with Gaea.” “Gee,” Annabeth said, “why would he think that?
It was useless to whine and moan about what you could’ve had- what you deserved, what was fair. I was just happy to have this moment.
Quick, Boy Wonder! To the pottery studio!
Apollo: A man of honor never surrenders his ukelele.
The tone of the scream reminded me of Hera whenever she stormed through the hallways of Olympus, yelling at me for leaving the godly toilet seat up.
The end of the world made gelato taste a lot better.
Reyna’s destiny: to die defending a passive-aggressive goddess.
The strangest sight was the old giant Thoon, who was getting bludgeoned to death by three old ladies with brass clubs – the Fates, armed for war. Jason decided there was nothing in the world scarier than a gang of bat-wielding grannies.
Percy, explaining things to you is like lecturing a gerbil.
Only people who have known great pain have the capacity to learn magic.
Archery is definitely easier outside, as I can attest after that one time I tried target practice in my father’s throne room. And driving the sun... well, that’s not really an indoor sport either.
It wasn’t the most rational move, but I was hungry. I was angry. I hated being taken advantage of, and I didn’t particularly like bald eagles. The blade hit the bird’s back and stuck there like superglue. I tried to pull it away, but it wouldn’t move. My hands were grafted to the sword grip. “Okay, then,” the eagle squawked, “we can play it that way.” He took off through the food court at sixty miles an hour, dragging me along behind him.
Paolo gripped my shoulders and kissed my cheeks. I may have blushed. He was quite handsome when he wasn’t bleeding out from dismemberment.