“We watch her walk into the spotlight shes been been hiding from most of her life. Sure, friendship is all about believing in someone so hard they believe it, too. Sure, its about trust. But if anyo...”

“She looked at me with those empty eyes, and I thought, I'm going to make sure I fill them up with something.”

“Its when Im around some people that my entire vocabulary goes on vacation. Like now”

“Dad and I leave town in the early dark. It's the second Sunday of the holidays, and we pack up the old blue car with enough clothes for summer and hit the road. It's so early he's wiping hills of s...”

“I didnt say you werent smart. I said you were stupid.I guess Im too dumb to see the difference.”

“Sometimes I wish I was a guy. Lifes so much easier for them.”

“Knowing it and seeing it are two different things.”

“Believe me, It would be better if we didn't meet again. Go back to school. Go back to your life. And next time they ask you, say no. Killing is for grown-ups and you're still a child.”

“My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.Am I a troubled kid?Yeah. Y...”

“The life of my people is to remember forever; each head granary is full. The life of your people is to forget: your thing granaries ("museums"), and not yourselves, are full.”

“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.”

“The living sinners on deadly ground.”

“At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special.”

“We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.”

“It is critical that special counsels have the independence and resources they need to lead investigations.”