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That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.

Intelligence won wars, not brute force.

I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.

I could hit people with my ukulele

The fire-stealer guy? The chained-to-the-rock-with-the-vultures guy?

Eventually we all must return home, Praetor. We must embrace our past, no matter how bitter and dark. - Orion

If I'm dead," he murmured. "Why does it hurt so much?

Dear Meg," I said. "I can't be sure about Lityerses. But I think we must try. We only fail when we stop trying.

Mykonos, which probably meant it was time for them to get

Rachel: They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb.
Annabeth: Was it hard?

Atop a replica of the scales of justice sat a golden baboon, which Khufu immediately started flirting with. There

Husband, we talked about this," Persephone chided. "You can't go around incinerating every hero. Besides, he's brave. I like that.

Still, Hazel Levesque impressed him - even when she wasn't sitting atop a scary immortal supersonic horse who cussed like a sailor.

What if we promoted, like, Adidas or something? Would that make Nike mad enough to show up?

She saw the sunlight far, far above ... maybe the last sunlight she would ever see.
Annabeth Chase

I've found that when one us searching for danger, it's never hard to find.

I'd made water shoot out of the bathroom fixtures. I didn't understand how. But the toilets responded to me. I had become one with the plumbing.

Sometimes things don't end okay.

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

You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan

I don't like you two going off on you won. Just remember: behave. If I hear about any funny business, I will ground you until the Styx freezes over.

I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn't have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.

You'd think he'd ran out off rocks," I muttered

So few people did good in their lives. It was depressing.

A surgeon would never hesitate to amputate a rotting hand, no matter how faithfully it had served its owner in the past.

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.

I wasn't aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway.

I don't even remember killing Medusa.

It doesn't seem right? Another part of him wondered, Since when do I worry about what's right?

Patterns repeat themselves in history

Mussolini?" Leo frowned. "Wasn't he like BFFs with Hitler?

You killed Thor!" Otis bleated. "You dropped a giantess on him!

Is there anything more embarrassing than sailing into battle with half-finished figureheads? -Loki

It's ok," Percy said. "We're together.

You live your entire life trapped in a sack of meat, unable to enjoy simple pleasures

Nice work,' Nico said.
Lou Ellen blushed. 'Well, it's the only pig ball I have. So don't ask for an encore.

Besides," I said, "you don't want my soul. It's really small. I don't use it much. I doubt it even works anymore.

A little slower, sweetheart. Cape Cod is freezing over.

No one can hate you more than someone who used to love you.

Keep calm and love percy jackson

Yay! Tyson went around the couches and gave everyone a big hug - even Octavian, who didn't look thrilled about it.

When I got across, I looked back and saw Tyson giving Grover a piggyback ride (or was it a goatyback ride?).

You named him Fetus? You know in Latin Fetus means happy? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?

She ended up marrying Oceanus, which was kind of a no-brainer. Hey, you like water? I like water too! We should totally go out!

A loaded gun
deadly, easy to reach, impossible to ignore.

couldn't have been anyone out there.

Listen, Frank Zhang has moves. He's probably gonna turn into a kangaroo and do some marsupial jujitsu on their ugly faces.

Hazel's forehead and held her close. Her warmth gave

(Seriously, how do you corner somebody when you're an ant, and how would you ... never mind.) Zeus

Ma'at demands a leader."
"Yeah so I've heard.

Long Island is a mess anyway! No one will miss it.

Red cattle," Annabeth said. "The cattle of the sun."
"What?" I [Percy] asked.
"They're sacred to Apollo."
"Holy cows?

I was wondering how you got all that out of a single moooooo

Thanks for everything."
"As you wish," the captain said. If axes could frown, I'm sure he would have.
"Stay sharp," Carter told him.

If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.

Odysseus managed to return in secret and slaughter them all - your basic happy homecoming.

How about a compromise? I'll kill them, and if it turns out they're friendly, I'll apologize.

That's right, Sadie. For our first real date, I picked up Zia in a boat pulled by a deranged griffin. So what? Like your dates aren't weird?

There is always a way out for those who are clever enough to find it.

I'm getting a headache. Usually when I get a headache, it's time to stop talking and attack something.

Now, he realized, he simply had to take what he wanted. He had to control the winds, not the other way around (p. 434).

Watching a satyr cook Eggo blueberry waffles on a stick over an open fire.

Wrongly chosen, wrongly slain, A hero Valhalla cannot contain. Nine days hence the sun must go east, Ere Sword of Summer unbinds the beast.

Hey!" I screamed, waving the jacket, running to one side of the monster. "Hey, stupid! Ground beef!

Brother," Artemis chided. "You do not help my hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart.

I whistled. "You have evil thoughts for a goat.

Agh-uhh! the baboon grunted. He turned and waddled up the stairs. Unfortunately, the Lakers jersey didn't completely cover his multicolored rear.

Suspecting and knowing are not the same.

A half-blood of the eldest dogs...

Our secret weapon, Khione! We're not just a bunch of demigods. We're a team.

I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star.

Why does it have to be so hard? Why can't it be a happily-ever-after ride-into-the-sunset feeling all the time?

If that wasn't bad enough, Leo fell in love with every girl he saw - as long as she was totally out of his league.

chair with a place for his trident and his fishing pole. Ares's

I hate this plan," I said. "Let's do it.

Leo," Hazel gasped, "I can't - my arms - "
"Hazel," he said. "Do you trust me?"
"No!"
"Me neither," Leo admitted.

What colors are the eyes of Anubis?"

"Brown...Duh.

We don't have much time. Mel will be out of the restroom soon."
"You've got a magician named Mel?

You can never give up on family.

The Sword of Summer, a weapon that wasn't designed to be a weapon, a blade that is best used by letting go of it.

Your mom is a rainbow goddess?" "Got a problem with that?" Butch said. "No, no," Leo said. "Rainbows. Very macho.

Don't talk to my sister that way. Nico said. His voice quivered, but I was impressed that he had the guts to say anything at all. - Percy

The strife will only get worse. Chaos feeds on weak leaders, divided loyalties. That

You can't swing a cat in Ancient Greece without hitting one of Zeus's ex-girlfriends.

Oh, I wouldn't say Love always makes you happy. Sometimes it makes you incredibly sad.

You must save Olympus, Pedro!

And a mouse - yum.

Rainbows. Very Macho! ~Leo Valdez

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

Besides, if she's a goddess, why hasn't she busted herself out?

I hate it when pretty girls turn into tree.

Piragua - cold syrup trickled over crushed ice - her favorite treat from her childhood in Viejo San Juan.

That is exactly how you beat chinese handcuffs. You turn into Iguanas.

He'd gone from sixteen to seventy-five in a matter of seconds, but the old-man smell happened instantly, like boom. Congratulations! You stink!

So I did what I do best. I stared at her blankly and acted dumb.

What the creeping crud is that?" he demanded. "You're inside a giant glowing chicken-man!

I've been thinking."
That snapped Piper back to the present. Coming from your boyfriend, I've been thinking was kind of a scary line.

Now the tattoos," Zia announced. "Brilliant!" I said. "On your tongue," she added. "Excuse me?

I hoped they couldn't run very fast with those stubby little legs and flippers, but they waddled along pretty well.

We choose to believe in Ma'at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That's what Egypt is all about.