Save yourselves!” Percy warned. “It is too late for us!”Then he gasped and pointed to the spot where Frank was hiding. “Oh, no! Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin!”Nothing happ

Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies

Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!

We’ve all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I’m tragically funny and good-looking.

Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?

Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.

Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true.

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

Scrawny? Baby, I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot.

Forget the chicken-nugget smoke screen. Percy wanted Leo to invent an anti-dream hat.

Otis barreled towards them empty-handed, before apparently realizing that a) he was empty-handed and b) charging towards a large body of water to fight a son of Poseidon was maybe not a good idea.

[T]he success of democracy depends, in the end, on the reliability of the judgments we citizens make, and hence upon our capacity and determination to weigh arguments and evidence rationally.

Whatso'er we perpetrate We do but row we are steered by fate.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

I had always been proud of my body - its strength and grace enabled me to pursue my passions.

Sometimes you finish the poem, and that last piece clicks in place. Sometimes the poem is finished with you.

To lose something in the will of God is to find something better.

I've never voted. I've never voted yet although I could have voted for the last ten years.

[Slogan of her 'Trouble Bureau' for needy artists and musicians:] Happiness is a change of trouble.

The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup.

Wanting an honest opinion about my art from someone whose opinion I respect makes me feel vulnerable. It's a great space to be in.