“Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.”

“We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.”

“The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”

“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 i...”

“You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan”

“They send a person who can never stay," she whispered. "Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a little while. They send me a hero I can't help ... just the sort of person I c...”

“Fear cant be reasoned with. Neither can hate. Theyre like love. Theyre almost identical emotions. Thats why Ares and Aphrodite like each other. Their twin sons Fear and Panic were spawned from bo...”

“Because you are the superhero fledgling. Im just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions.”

“Oh for craps sake. You're not dying again, are you? It's seriously inconvenient when you do that." -Aphrodite”

“Two hundred Romans, and no ones got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into a ballpoin...”

“The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."I hesitated. "Any gift?"Zeus nodded grimly. "I know what you will ask. The greatest gift of all. Yes, if you wa...”

“For Ares, lord of strife, Who doth the swaying scales of battle hold, Wars money-changer, giving dust for gold, Sends back, to hearts that held them dear, Scant ash of warriors, wept with many a ...”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”