“Darkness swallows everything, even pain. Thats what makes it so tempting. Comforting. It disguises weakness as strength.”

“War is a big word; its cruel, its hard, nobody wants that. Protecting yourself sounds much better. Putting up walls, shutting everyone out. And forgetting that those who you are so afraid oftheyre ...”

“Healing the hurt is much harder than not hurting them at all.”

“Darkness will come knocking. It will offer everything you never had. But its gift is just a cheap knockoff of something it cannot be. Never accept the hand of the Beast.”

“Trying to destroy darkness is like trying to crush water. It will always be a part of you, whether you admit it or not.”

“We are all haunted. Some more than others. We are all hurt in our own unique ways. But whatever happened to us, it doesnt matter. None of it matters. Youll be fine. Just never forget that you are n...”

“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...”

“Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.”

“Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last century shows that the walls the United States tries to build around genocid...”

“War is what happens when language fails.”

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”

“The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”