Like the zodiac sign?' Percy asked. 'I'm a Leo.''No, stupid, ' Leo said, 'I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.

Nico studied his face – his sea-green eyes, his grin, his ruffled black hair. Somehow Percy Jackson seemed like a regular guy now, not a mythical figure. Not someone to idolize or crush on.

You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought.

A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.

So, ’ Nico said, ‘since we’re going to be spending at least a year seeing each other at camp, I think I should clear the air.’ Percy’s smile wavered. ‘What do you mean?

We’re fine.’ A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne.

Then Thalia Grace became their leader and started recruiting even more young women to their cause, which grated on Nico – as if Bianca’s death could be forgotten. As if she could be replaced.

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!

Jason hated being an old man.

Make today the day you begin that awesome idea you have had for years. Now go, write this book, and remember that today is an important day in history.

A watched pot never boils." It's the same with success. So? Throw that burner on HIGH and just keep on cooking. Dinner will be ready soon.

Einstein ... always spoke to me of Rutherford in the highest terms, calling him a second Newton.

I train, for me, very smartly. I don't train heavy, I do a lot of isometrics.

I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.

I want to be able to write on my walls. I think that's the big thing.

When we walk in the sun our shadows are like barges of silence.

Series television is either a nightmare or the best thing in the whole world. It really depends on, I think, where you are in your life.

But in my head I can hear Haymitch's smug, if slightly exasperated, words: "Yes, that's what I'm looking for, sweetheart.

Lots and lots of trees together, equals big trees!