the best people have the rottenest luck.

Makes us appreciate blessing, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus..

My mother says looking is the nature of wisdom..

You sure you're not a Roman, Annabeth? Or an Amazon?.

Maybe love was no match for ice...but Piper had used it to wake a metal dragon. Mortals did superhuman feats in the name of love all the time. Mother….

She grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss, which effectively shut him up..

Oh, no way," Leo said. "We've been sitting in a cave and you get the luxury tent? Somebody give me hypothermia. I want hot chocolate and a parka!.

Don't get starry-eyed about somebody you can't have, especially if it blinds you to somebody who's really important..

Cabin Fifteen does that to everyone," Annabeth warned. "If you ask me, this place is even more dangerous than the Ares cabin. At least with Ares, you….

[Iris] squeezed his hand. "Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope..

"Something was wrong with Luke," Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. "Did you notice the way he was acting?" "He looked pretty plea….

If you've seen a crab's mouth, all foamy and gross with whiskers and snapping bits, you can imagine this one didn't look any better blown up to billb….

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….

I’m the god of funerals. I know every death custom in the world—how to die properly, how to prepare the body and soul for the afterlife. I live for d….

With my sister perched on my arm, I walked to the elevator. A business man with a rolling suitcase was waiting by the doors. His eyes widened as he s….

Hold up," Leo said. "You guys lost a dragon? A Real full size dragon?.

The real world is where the monsters are..

Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like....little person, or vertically challenged,or-" "I'm not….

I looked back, but Bast and Sadie seemed fine. They were still staring at the water as if it were some amazing Internet video..

Leo scratched his head. “Well I dunno about Enchiladas-“ “Enceladus,” Piper corrected. “Whatever. But Old Potty Face mentioned another name. Porpoise….

I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination..