Get used to gaps in your comprehension, ” said Sabetha. “The rest of us certainly have.

A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods.

We like what we like, we want what we want, and nobody needs to give us permission to feel that way!

When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit.

What do you think of the old boy?" said Jean."He's got a strangely sunny view of ten years of defeat", said Locke, "but if I get killed in the next six weeks, I want him to speak at my funeral.

You want a lesson, boy? If you find yourself being born, climb back in as quick as you can, because life's a bottomless feast of shit.

Familiarity has a way of filing the sharp edges off our feelings for other people. You'll see.

I assure you that in all matters of discretion not involving food, we make etiquette tutors look like slobbering barbarians.

It’s an old Camorri tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid, ” said Locke. “Actually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You’ll find out

To live the life the gods have given you, you must clutch wisely, then run. Run like the houds of hell on a sinner's scent!

Only prisoners were ever granted easy passage into a prison.

No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

A clone may be a good copy, but you are the real thing!

Best to live lightly unthinkingly.

I want to live in a world where people are judged by who they are instead of what size they wear.

Self-pity is the most negative quality of the human spirit. Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.

Not actively surviving is passively dying.

Hephaestus glowered up at us. “I didn’t make you, did I?” Uh,” Annabeth said, “no, sir.” Good,” the god grumbled. “Shoddy workmanship.

How would you compete against yourself?