We could use some good luck. That doesn’t mean we’ll get it.

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.

That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it?

The sign of the victorious communities are that they forbid evil

(Remember you always have the option of taking to the sea.)

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.

Trump University is just one of the many lines of attack that were opened up last night, giving a preview of what's to come in the general if [Donald] Trump is indeed the Republican nominee.

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader

The Crimean War is one of the bad jokes of history.

When we look in to the long avenue of the future, and see the good there is for each one of us to do, we realize, after all, what a beautiful thing it is to work, and to live, and to be happy.

Whatever prepares you for death enhances life.

The world we live in is the world we choose to live in, whether consciously or unconsciously. If we choose bliss, that's what we get. If we choose misery, we get that, too.