Rick Riordan

Leo had seen Tia Callida in action; she liked knives, snakes and putting babies in roaring fires. Yeah, definitely let's unleash her rage. Great idea.

Love was the most savage monster of all.

Yeah, well. I don’t try to be awesome. It just comes natural.

Fear can’t be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They’re like love. They’re almost identical emotions. That’s why Ares and Aphrodite like each other. Their twin sons – Fear and Panic – were spawned from both war and love.

Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

We'd spent maybe ten minutes together, during which time I'd accidentally swung a sword at her, she'd saved my life, and I'd run away chased by a band of supernatural killing machines. You know, your typical chance meeting.

She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.

Hmm… Jason snapped his fingers. I can call a friend for a ride.Percy raised his eyebrows. Oh, yeah? Me too. Let's see whose friend gets here first.

Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that.

Felix believed that the answer to every problem involved penguins; but it wasn't fair to birds, and I was getting tired of teleporting them back home. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy.

Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

Please, Percy...change your clothes. You smell like you've been run over by an electric horse.

You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought.

Down in the water, Octavian yelled, Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!Tempting, Percy called down.