Imagine jumping into a pit of boiling acid. Now multiply that pain times fifty." -Percy

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.

Manipulation is not of God, it is the highest form of sorcery for it enslave the soul to the will of man.....

Painters ought to be mute. Speech is the enemy of expression.

In the last few years we have learned to distinguish the means of Socialism from the ends.

Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.

All sports are continuously developing, but what they all have in common is that the speed is increasing. That's also true of tennis; the ball is getting faster and faster.

Humanness consists in harmony of thought, word and deed.

I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not.

To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don't want a rose to sing.

Waste equals food, whether it's food for the earth, or for a closed industrial cycle. We manufacture products that go from cradle to grave. We want to manufacture them from cradle to cradle.