My name is Carter Kane. I'm fourteen and my home is a suitcase.

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.

If you're afraid to fail you'll never succeed

To time travel, you must move from where you are, or just close your eyes.

And plenty makes us poor.

Stop trying to be different. Just do what you are good at, and work really hard. You have to work hard to be chaos.

Praise begets emulation,--a goodly seed to sow among youthful students.

Destiny is what every human being creates for oneself. Fate is when you fail to create your own destiny.

Life is much larger than how we image it, always, but society can be constricting in ways.

The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it are mere dreams about dreams.

When I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War.

The boy had the towering arrogance only seen in the greatest of artists and all nine-year-old boys.