Quotations (23)

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"The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool,…
The golden fleece
“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 to school for Career Day.”
“Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies”
BAD BULL TYSON
"If there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on family no matter how tempting they make it." - Hermes
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In the mean time Clarisse was carried on her cabin mates shoulders down to the amphitheater where she was honored with a laurel wreath and a lot of celebrating amid the campfire.
“I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut. ”
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“Ever come home and found your room messed up? Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "clean" it, and suddenly you can't find anything? And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feeling like somebody's been looking…
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“I couldn't believe I'd come this far, lost Tyson, suffered through so much, only to fail - stopped by a big stupid monster in a baby-blue tuxedo kilt. Nobody was going to swat down my friends like that! I mean...nobody, not Nobody. Ah,…
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“Mythologically speaking, if there's anything I hate worse than trios of old ladies, it's bulls. Last summer, I fought the Minotaur on top of Half-Blood Hill. This time what I saw up there was even worse: two bulls. And not just regular…
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. "I'm glad you're not a guinea pig."
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut. ”
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you,…
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that.”
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good. Once, I lost my grip and found myself dangling by one hand from a ledge fifty feet above the rocky surf. But I found another handhold and kept climbing. A…
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”
SAPPHIREBEAR15
“The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden…
"Eat loudmouth girl or wait for wedding feast?" -Polyphemus
(To Tyson, as he jumps onto a centaur to ride to Camp Half-Blood) "Dude!" the centaur groaned."Have you ever heard the word's,'Low Carb Diet'?"
"Annabeth," I said. "what are you talking about? Laisrty-what?" "Laisrtygonians. The monsters in the gym. They're a race of cannibals who live in the far north. Odysseus ran into them once., but I've never seem as far south as New York…
"You're a genius." -Perdy Jackson to a sleeping Annabeth Chase
Annabeth and Percy after the Sirens(Annabeth talks first) "My fatal flaw. That's what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris." I blinked. "That brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches?" She rolled her eyes. "No Seaweed…