Hope survives best at the hearth.

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts" - Leo Valdez

I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.

"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."

Narcissus turned and scowled at Leo. “Who are you?” “I’m the Super-sized McShizzle, man!” Leo said. “I’m Leo Valdez, bad boy supreme. And the ladies love a bad boy.

This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper.

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.

You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.

Leo: Rainbows. Very macho. Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the pegasi. Leo: Rainbows, ponies... Butch: I'm gonna toss you off this chariot.

It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.

Samuel Johnson said a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience, ” Kirkland said.

Ignoring a question is as equivalent to ignoring a person.

What's my favorite part that I've written? That’s like asking me to choose which of my kids is least ugly!

Hearing the missionary call has a great deal to do with what you are listening for.

Never trust a man who can dance.

Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.

Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it.

A sane person would think that Wal-Mart would never carry 'Capitalism: A Love Story' because it's simply not in their best interests to inform their customers of their shady past.

I try to spend a little bit of time on my knees every day, but it all begins for me with cherishing the dignity, the worth, the value of every human life.

There are secrets I will take to the grave and others I'd feel safer having cremated.