Uh, normally she doesn’t judo-flip people.

If Annabeth’s mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn’t Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff?

I know you’ll do what’s best for Annabeth.””How can you be sure?””Because she’d do the same for you.

No, we wouldn’t.

Hoover Dam,” Thalia said. “It’s huge.”We stood at the river’s edge, looking up at a curve of concrete that loomed between the cliffs. People were walking along the top of the dam. They were so...

Laistry….I can’t even say that. What would you call them in English?””Canadians.

Come on.

Dude, that sucks for you.

She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doing the same thing. The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really...

The crew gathered for a hurried meeting on the foredeck – mostly because Percy was keeping an eye on a giant red sea serpent swimming off the port side. ‘That thing is really red,’ Percy...

I had a fair idea how it felt to get spanked with a large flat surface, and my rump clenched in sympathy.

He gave me the brochure. It was about the Hunters of Artemis. The front read, A WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE! Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows. There...

[Percy] kept hoping things would get better for Annabeth and him, but their lives just got more dangerous, as if the Three Fates were up there spinning their futures with barbed wire instead of thread...

Because I’m not kissing you until you do. And brush your hair while you’re at it.

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...

My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And I intend to choose one. But first, Father Zeus, I must speak to you privately.”Zeus beckoned Artemis forward....

Because I’m looking at 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.

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...

Annabeth wanted to sob. She wanted someone, anyone to be here for her. She wanted Leo with his fire skills, or Jason with his lightning, or Hazel to collapse the tunnel. Most of all she...

And for once i didn’t look back.

This is the Wilderness School. ‘Where the Kids are animals

Please, Percy…change your clothes. You smell like you’ve been run over by an electric horse.

I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth.

You’re cute when you’re worried,” she muttered. “Your eyebrows get all scrunched together.”You are not going to die while I owe you a favor,” I said. “Why did you take that knife?”You would’ve done the...

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....

Please?

Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-” said Percy”Percy… Chiron’s collection!

You guys are so… dark. Even if I used flash, I’m not sure it would come out.””Y-yeah,” Percy managed. “You guys aren’t photogenic.

You drool when you sleep

In the old legends, Arachne had gotten into trouble because of pride. She’d bragged about her tapestries being better than Athena’s, which had led to Mount Olympus’s first reality TV punishment program: ‘So You Think...

Fish gathered to look at us – a school of baracudas, some curious marines. SCRAM! I told them. They swam off, but I could tell they went reluctantly. I swear I understood their intencions. They...

His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome.Percy & Annabeth

Right,” she said, “We’re going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn’t think negative.

Not knowing is half the fun,” Aphrodite said, “Exquisitely painful isn’t it? Not being sure who you love and who loves you? Oh, you kids! It’s so cute I’m going to cry!

But Annabeth just smiled and put us in jail. As she was heading back to the front line, she turned and winked. “See you at the fireworks?”She didn’t even wait for my answer before darting...

If we can’t repair things with the Romans—well, the two sets of demigods have never gotten along. That’s why the gods kept us separate. I don’t know if we could ever belong there.”Percy didn’t want...

I’m Dylan. I’m so cool. I want to date myself, but I don’t know how! You want to date me instead? You’re so lucky!

Shoddy workmanship.

All aboard for one last trip.

We’re staying together,” he promised. “You’re not getting away from me. Never again.

Oh, my dear! I’m afraid you’ve mistakenme for someone else! My name is Rhea Silvia. I was the mother to Romulus and Remus, thousands of years ago. But you’re so kind to think I look...

You assume that it has to be a male god who finds a human female attractive? How sexist is that?

Sleep.

I missed you, Percy.”Percy wanted to tell her the same thing, but it seemed too small a comment. While he had been on the Roman side, he’d kept himself alive almost solely by thinking of...

Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decided to destroy it. He couldn’t imagine why. Maybe they hadn’t like the deep-tissue massage? Maybe they’d...

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...

Annabeth looked at me. ” We have to get out of here.” ” You think I want to be in the girls’ restroom?” ” I mean the ship, Percy! We have to get off the...

How about you start from the top—of the story, not the backpack.

She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly—our painful souvenir from holding Atlas’s burden. There was a lot I’d wanted to say to Annabeth,...