Rick Riordan

"Tyson was still staring at Chiron in amazement. He whimpered like he wanted to pat Chiron's flank but was afraid to come closer. "Pony?"

"This is the Wilderness School. 'Where the Kids are animals"

"Annabeth, he said hesitantly, in New Rome, demigods can live their whole lives in peace. Her expression turned guarded. Reyna explained it to me. But, Percy, you belong at Camp Half-Blood. That other life—I know, Percy said. But while I was there, I saw so many demigods living without fear: kids going to college, couples getting married and raising families. There’s nothing like that at Camp Half-Blood. I kept thinking about you and me…and maybe someday when this war with the giants is over…It was hard to tell in the golden light, but he thought Annabeth was blushing. Oh, she said…I’m sorry, he said. I just…I had to think of that to keep going. To give me hope. Forget I mentioned—No! she said. Gods, Percy, that’s so sweet."

"Butch hesitated. "Annabeth's okay. You gotta cut her some slack. She had a vision telling her to come here, to find a guy with one shoe. That was supposed to be the answer to her problem."What Problem" Piper asked."She's been looking for one of our campers, who's been missing three days," Butch said. "She's going out of her mind with worry. She hoped he'd be here."Who" Jason asked."Her boyfriend," Butch said, "A guy named Percy Jackson."

"I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush."

"Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?Annabeth: Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see."

"It's him," I said. "Typhon."I was seriously hoping Chiron would say something good, like 'No, that's our huge friend Leroy! He's going to help us!"

"But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil."

"You sneaked into my cabin?Annabeth rolled her eyes. Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two months. You can’t seriously be worried about getting in trouble with Coach Hedge. Uh, have you seen his baseball bat?Besides, Seaweed Brain, I just thought we could take a walk. We haven’t had any time to be together alone. I want to show you something—my favorite place aboard the ship. Percy’s pulse was still in overdrive, but it wasn’t from fear of getting in trouble. Can I, you know, brush my teeth first?You'd better, Annabeth said. Because I’m not kissing you until you do. And brush your hair while you’re at it."

"And, Annabeth continued, it reminds me how long we’ve known each other. We were twelve, Percy. Can you believe that?No, he admitted. So…you knew you liked me from that moment?She smirked. I hated you at first. You annoyed me. Then I tolerated you for a few years. Then—Okay, fine. She leaned in and kissed: him a good, proper kiss without anyone watching—no Romans anywhere, no screaming satyr chaperones. She pulled away. 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 Annabeth. I missed you didn’t really cover that."

"You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search."

"So Beckendorf was pretty popular" Leo asked. "I mean-before he blew up?"

"There's my baby!" I cried, quite carried away, "There's my poochiekins!"..."Sadie," My dad said firmly, "Please do not refer to the devourer of souls as 'poochiekins'."

"Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart. Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean."

"Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die."

"The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important. It was probably important to her."

"“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 disappearing. I probably would have sat there all day, trying to remember my name, but then the sea demons came.”"

"Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face."

"Love conquers all, Aphrodite promised. Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart."

"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. I could use some dam french fries. Even Thalia smiled at that. And I need to use the dam restroom... I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. I do not understand. I want to use the dam water fountain, Grover said. And... Thalia tried to catch her breath. I want to buy a dam t-shirt."