Shut up, me" Leo said out loud. "What?" Piper asked. "Nothing," he said. "Long night. I think I'm hallucinating. It's cool.

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.

Words have power.Their power doesn't merely emanate from the meaning they carry, but also hidden truth they leave behind.In what is left unsaid.

When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.

If you didn't like your own life, you changed it. You ran away. You did something spectacular. you didn't steal someone else's story and pretend it was yours.

Nothing wrong with a little optimism, long as it doesn’t set policy....

My countenance in my old-age does injustice to my heart. John Quincy Adams

compressed into boxes, packed in sawdust, ... trussed up in sacks, roped up like hams...

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.

I guess I could Debra Winger in any number of things. She's so luminous - it's a birth defect.

If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down.