“And what does helping someone really mean? Helping them to be like everyone else, or helping them to be themselves?”

“And that's like my world." Annie pointed up to the stars again."Inaccecible.”

“Have you ever felt really close to someone? So close that you can't understand why you and the other person have two separate bodies, two separate skins?”

“And Annie showed me how ailanthus trees grow under subway and sewer gratings, stretching toward the sun, making shelter in the summer, she said, laughing, for the small dragons that live under the ...”

“Theres a Greek legendno, its in something Plato wroteabout how true lovers are really two halves of the same person. It says that people wander around searching for their other half, and when they ...”

“It was like a war inside me; I couldnt even recognize all the sides. There was one that said, No, this is wrong; you know its wrong and bad and sinful, and there was another that said, Nothing has ...”

“Her chest began to quake softly. "Why?" "Why what, sweetheart?" I said gently. "Why do you want me?" I didn't even have to think. "Because anyone who's been through what you have and can still com...”

“If you run from me, I will chase you, and I'll find you....”

“Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick you.Silena: Awww . . . Percy, that is so sweet!Annabeth: Shut up, Silena.”