Young Cyclopes grow up alone on the streets, learn to make things out of scraps. Learn to survive...makes us appreciate blessings, not be greedy and mean and fat...

I'd missed Annabeth probably more than I wanted to admit.

Does truth have a moral?

lightning thief was good but the sea of monsters is better and has more action!

Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!

But Grover’s voice was already growing fainter. ‘Sweet dreams. Don’t let me die!

Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.

Dude! said a party pony as he unloaded his gear. Did you see that bear guy? He was all like: 'Whoa, I have an arrow in my mouth!

You'd think getting chopped into a million pieces and cast into the darkest part of the Underworld would give him a subtle clue that nobody wanted him around.

I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited toschool for Career Day.

That's what makes heroes so special. You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal.

The Son symbolizes the hope of humanity, bringing light to the darkness of our material existence, and reuniting us with the divinity of our own higher nature.

Hate was the blazing beauty that consumed the world in its flames. Love could never consume anything but the heart of a fool.

Strength of character isn't always about how much you can handle before you break, it's also about how much you can handle after you've broken.

All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority faced virulent public opposition.

Who says meritocracy says oligarchy.

Faith is a vulnerable thing, not a battle.

He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. [for without sorrow how would you know what joy is? Contrast provides peceptive clarity]

I definitely have some kind of mental problem and I haven't pinpointed what it is.

Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend.