The wood nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They’d had centuries of practice running away from lovesick gods. But still, it was a little humiliating to be slower than a tree.
What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should’ve been named ADHD poster child of the year.
Your head is full of kelp.
Great, I thought. We just blowtorched a national monument.
I’d love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!
You’re pretty smug, Lord Ares, for a guy who runs from Cupid statues.
Sugar and caffeine. My willpower crumbled.
Thalia blushed. “Hi, Lord Apollo.” Zeus’s girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be a tree, didn’t you? Glad you’re back. I hate it when pretty girls turn into trees. Man, I remember one time –.
There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.
Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?
Just for you non-sea-god types out there, don’t go swimming in New York Harbor. It may not be as filthy as it was in my mom’s day, but that water will still probably make you grow a third eye or have mutant children when you grow up.
You Titans are about as bright as my gym socks.
There’s no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.
For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across – hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible waste management, if you ask me.
So few people did good in their lives. It was depressing.
I wasn’t aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway.
I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher.
Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. – Poseidon.
Tyson thought Annabeth was just about the coolest thing since peanut butter, and he SERIOUSLY loved peanut butter.