Commander Tool Belt” Jason said.”Bad Boy Supreme” Piper said.”Chef Leo the Tofu Taco Expert.”They laughed and told stories about Leo valdez, their best friend. They stayed on the roof until dawn rose, and Piper started...

Fear can’t be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They’re like love. They’re almost identical emotions.

Piper had a new entry in her top-ten list of Times Piper Felt Useless. Fighting Shrimpzilla with a dagger and a pretty voice? Not so effective.

The rivalry ends here,” [Percy] said. “I love you, Wise Girl.

Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank’s face. “I suppose I should know who Pelops was?””He was a prince, won his wife in a chariot race. Supposedly he started the Olympic games...

Suspecting and knowing are not the same.

Argh!” Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the water. Some of the campers gasped. A couple of the Hunters stifled laughs.”Sorry!” Thalia said, turning...

Look,” Percy continued, “I know I’m new here. I know you guys don’t like to mention the massacre in the nineteen eighties-“”He mentioned it!” one of the ghosts whimpered.

I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”A god named Fred?

Percy,” Grover said, “the gods really don’t appreciate people sitting in their thrones. I mean like turn-you-into-a-pile-of-ashes don’t appreciate it.

Is Tyson okay?” I asked.The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He’s fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though “peanut butter” is a strange battle cry.”You let him fight?”Stop changing the subject!...

With great power… comes need to take a nap. Wake me up later

I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping along behind you, and nobody even looks at you...

We heard the army before we saw it.The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.

Whenever he felt like giving up, plopping himself down, and dying (which was, like, every ten minutes), he reached over and took her hand, just to remember there was warmth in the world.

Frank, how did you do that?” Jason yelled.Frank’s head swam with pain. He forced himself not to pass out. “I’m the ranking Roman officer,” he said. “They- uh, they don’t recognize you. Sorry.”Jason grimaced, but...

Come on.

This is the average age of my Hunters, and all young maidens for whom I am patron, before they go astray.””Go astray?””Grow up. Become smitten with boys. Become silly, preoccupied, insecure.

But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself — avoid trying to be something you’re not. For a goddess, that’s especially...

I’m calm,” Rachel insisted. “Every time I’m around you, some monsters attack us. What’s to be nervous about?””Look,” I said. “I’m sorry about the band room. I hope they didn’t kick you our or anything.””Nah....

Once the others were below, Hazel and Leo faced each other awkwardly. They were alone except for Coach Hedge, who was back on the quarterdeck singing the Pokémon theme song. The coach had changed the...

You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you “chicken man”?

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

She glared at me like she was about to punch me, but then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me.”Be careful seaweed brain.” She said putting on her invisible cap and...

Wrong amulet!”The technique worked, at any rate. The camel wasn’t much of a fighter, but it was quite heavy and clumsy. The criosphinx snarled and clawedat the floor, trying unsuccessfully to push the camel off;...

The giant raised his fist, and a voice cut through the dream. “Leo!” Jason was shaking his shoulder. “Hey, man, why are you hugging Nike?” Leo’s eyes fluttered open. His arms were wrapped around the...

Sadie,” he said forlornly, “when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own...

I guess we will.

I have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. It is never anything but tragic.

I am the son of Hades. I go where I wish. The darkness is my birthright.

I didn’t answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling.

Coach,” Annabeth said, “it was an accident. We were talking, and we fell asleep.””Besides,” Percy said, “you’re starting to sound like Terminus.”Hedge narrowed his eyes. “Is that an insult, Jackson? ‘Cause I’ll-I’ll Terminus you, buddy!

She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbrella until she cranked the pump and the shotgun blast blew the giant twenty feet...

The cord, a familiar voice said. Remember your lifeline, dummy!Suddenly there was a tug in my lower back. The current pulled at me, but it wasn’t carrying me away anymore. I imagined the string in...

Let us pray I am wrong.”Can goddesses pray?

Don’t untie me,” she said, “no matter what happens or how much I plead. I’ll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself.””Are you trying to tempt me?””Ha-ha.

I know, I’m an idiot!” Leo moaned. “A brilliant idiot, but still an idiot.

It will make you powerful. But it will also make you weak. Your prowess in combat will be beyond any mortal’s, but your weaknesses, your failings will increase as well.”You mean I’ll have a bad...

Thanks for not freaking out,” I said.”Oh, I’m freaking out,” Paul promised, his eyes wide. “I just think it’s awesome!

Percy Jackson,” Hermes said, “because you have taken on the curse of Achilles, I must spare you. You are in the hands of the Fates now. But you will never speak to me like that...

Yes, Jason Grace.” Favonius arched an eyebrow. “I fell in love with a dude. Does that shock you?

Annabeth:-Tenemos que salir de acá. Percy:-,Crees que me gusta estar en el baño de mujeres? Annabeth:-¡Del barco, Percy! Tenemos que salir del barco.

I didn’t understand how. But the toilets had responded to me. I had become one with the plumbing…

Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.””Combat time?” Piper grabbed her horn of plenty.”I hate wonder bread,” Jason said.Together, they charged.

You trained Bill? Impressive.

Let us find the dam snack bar,” Zoe said. “We should eat while we can.”Grover cracked a smile. “The dam snack bar?”Zoe blinked. “Yes. What is funny?””Nothing,” Grover said, trying to keep a straight face....

The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez...

That’s it, cupcake. You’re going down.

We’re fine.’ A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

Those five nuts right there.”Which one is me?” I asked.The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested.Oh, shut up.