They’d welcomed him aboard their ship. Nico had never allowed himself the luxury of friends, but the crew of the Argo II was as close as he’d ever come. The idea of any of them...

The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn’t get a big head.

Young man, names are powerful things. You don’t just go around using them for no reason.

Tyson dropped the two warriors he was about to tie into a knot and jogged after us. He jumped on the centaur’s back. ‘Dude!’ the centaur groaned, almost buckling under Tyson’s weight. ‘Do the words...

I wanted to get angry, this guy pushed me so hard.

Normally ghosts didn’t scare him. (Assuming, of course, Gaea hadn’t encased them in shells of stone and turned them into killing machines. That had been a new one for him.)

Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but...

If you’re heading downtown from Centeral Park, my advice is to take the subway. Flying pigs are faster but way more dangerous

She raised an eyebrow. “You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?”You’d probably kick my butt.”You know I’d kick your butt.”I brushed the cake off my hands. “When I was at the River Styx,...

Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon.””Brother!” Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.Percy stifled a laugh. “Actually he’s more like a great-great-…Oh, never mind. Yeah, he’s your brother.””Thanks.” Frank mumbled through a mouthful of flannel.

You Titans are about as bright as my gym socks.

Percy,” Apollo said, “I wouldn’t worry too much. The last Great Prophecy about you took almost seventy years to complete. This one may not even happen in your lifetime.”I thought about the lines Rachel had...

You do know how to play pinochle?” Mr. D eyed me suspiciously.”I’m afraid not,” I said.”I’m afraid not, sir,” he said.”Well,” he told me, “it is, along with gladiator fighting and Pac-Man, one of the...

There’s no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.

Nico clenched his sword. Sharing his secret crush hadn’t been the worst of it. Eventually he might have done that, in his own time, in his own way. But being forced to talk about Percy,...

I should throw you off this building minus the flying horse and see how heroic you sound on the way down.

El problema principal de los fantasmas es que la mayoría han perdido sus voces. En los campos de Asfódelos, millones de fantasmas deambulan sin rumbo tratando de recordar quiénes eran. ,Sabes por qué acaban así?...

About five meters ahead, Nico was swinging his black sword with one hand, holding the scepter of Diocletian aloft with the other. He kept shouting orders at the legionnaires, but they paid him no attention.Of...

I’ve found peace here at the co-op. You could stay with us, if you want. Become a ROFLcopter.

He just summoned the dead with coke and cheeseburgers

He looked like those paintings of baby angels – what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That’s it. He looked like a cherub who’d turned middle-aged in a trailer park.

She’d also called me brave…unless she was talking to the catfish.

Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies

A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn’t notice us. He was about five feet tall, with slick black seal fur and stubby little feet. He...

Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don’t know how lucky you are

I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

Travis: The Aphrodite kids were ripping each other’s clothes and throwing lipstick and jewellery. It was like a rabid herd of wild Bratz.

He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing.

Hermes gazed up at the stars. ‘My dear young cousin, if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it....

Twins snuff out the angel’s breath, Who holds the key to endless death. Giants’ bane stands gold and pale, Won with pain from a woven jail.

Who’s possessing who now, Casper?

Please!’ That word didn’t make sense to Nico. The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice. ‘You’re already dead,’ Nico said. ‘You’re a ghost with no tongue, no memory. You won’t be sharing any...

The cave floor rumbled. A large stone emerged from the dirt-a smooth, oval rock exactly the same size and weight as a baby god… She wrapped the stone in swaddling clothes and gave the real...

We had enough quite enough snobbery in this world without exporting it to the hereafter.

Shark!” But I’m telling you—as the Egyptian Queen careened to one side, its paddle wheel lifting completely out of the water, and I saw that monster emerge from the deep, I nearly discovered the hieroglyphs...

As for my brothers,” Zeus said, “we are thankful”-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to get out-“erm, thankful for the aid of Hades.”The lord of the dead nodded. He had a smug...

I looked down at my clothes. They were slashed to pieces and full of bullet holes, but I was fine. Not a mark on me.Nico’s mouth hung open. “You just . . . with a...

You stood up to the dragon so Beckendorf would have his chance to jump – now that was brave.””Or pretty stupid.””Percy, you’re a brave guy,” she said. “Just take the compliment. I swear, is it...

I’d like to say I took the news well.The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time.–Percy Jackson

There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties. If you ever get a choice go for the Olympian.

Blood trickled from the corner of her (Annabeth) mouth. She croaked, “Family, Luke. You promised.”Luke stared at the knife in Annabeth’s hand, the blood on her face. “Promise.” Then he gasped like he couldn’t get...

I sat up in bed. “What did he say?”Tyson groaned, still half asleep. He was lying facedown on the couch, his feet so far over the edge they were in the bathroom. “The happy man...

It was almost enough to make me turn vegetarian, except for the pesky fact that I loved cheeseburgers.

Helios thought he looked pretty hot, and he had an annoying habit of calling the sun his “chick magnet.

So now I get the scepter?” Jason asked.Cupid laughed. Unfortunately, you could not wield it. Only a child of the Underworld can summon the dead legions. And only an officer of Rome can lead them.

If you ever leave me again,’ she said, her eyes stinging, ‘I swear to all the gods-‘Percy had the nerve to laugh. Suddenly the lump of heated emotions melted inside Annabeth.‘Consider me warned,’ Percy said....

Kids are baby goats. They’re cute and they have redeeming social value. You are definitely not kids.

She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn’t help thinking there was nothing hotter than a girl who didn’t mind getting her hands dirty. But of course, that was just a general comment. Didn’t...

I felt like one of Apollo’s sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.

A demigod!” one snarled.”Eat it!” yelled another.But that’s as far as they got before I slashed a wide arc with Riptide and vaporized the entire front row of monsters.”Back off!” I yelled at the rest,...