“Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.”

“Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.”

“The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.”

“The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.”

“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.”

“Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge finds out- oh, gods, you've been here all night?""Frank!" Annabeth's ears were as red as strawberrie...”

“I looked at him like a stranger, someone Id never seen before, and he looked at me like Id been lost to him for a thousand years and finally found.”

“When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.”