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“You said your mom is the goddess of balance," I reminded him. "The minor gods deserve better, Ethan, but total destruction isn't balance. Kronos doesn't build. He only destroys.”
“The Minotaur unstrapped his axe and swung it around. It was beautiful in a harsh Im~going~togut~you~like~a~fish kind of way. Each of its twin blades was shaped like an omega: the last letter of the...”
“We're fresh out of flying boys.”
“I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing.”
“It was almost enough to make me turn vegetarian, except for the pesky fact that I loved cheeseburgers.”
“If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron wouldn't let us call the place the Poop Pile, especially after it had been named for Zeus, who doe...”
“A good artist must be good at many things.”
“Young Cyclopes grow up alone on the streets, learn to make things out of scraps. Learn to survive...makes us appreciate blessings, not be greedy and mean and fat...”
“you hit the lord of the titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush?”
“I try to avoid teaming up with goddesses who eat roadkill. It's one of my personal boundaries.”
“Now, leave." All three boys slumped forward. Percy fell face-first into his pizza. "Percy!" Annabeth grabbed him.”
“I was pretty sure if I tried to sing, all I would cause was an avalanche.”
“You're cute when you're worried. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together.”
“He's nuts" Bianca said"We need to jump off this cliff" i said"Oh nice idea!! Your nuts too”
“Thalia had gotten herself turned into a pine tree when she was twelve. Me ... Well, I was doingmy best not to follow her example. I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me intoif I were ev...”
“The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!”
“I couldn’t miss Percy’s fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. “Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!”"That’s true,” Paul said. “I used to teach ancient history.”Poseidon’s eyes twinkl...”
“Since Percy’d lost his memory,his whole life was one big fillin-the-blank. He was____________________, from____________________. He felt like____________________, and if the monsterscaught him, he’...”
“Percy!” he bellowed. He dropped his broom and ran at me. If you’ve never been charged by an enthusiastic Cyclops wearing a flowered apron and rubber cleaning gloves, I’m telling you, it’ll wake you...”
“But who are you?"Percy—" I started to say. Then the skeletons turned around. "Gotta go!"What kind of name is Percy Gotta-go?”
