Thoth's beak! You are impossibley stubborn." "Yeah, it's a gift.

You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.

He told me he wouldn't hurt... Charlie. He lied to me.

You’re probably thinking: Wait, you just charged in without a plan? But Annabeth and I had been fighting together for years. We knew each other’s abilities. We could anticipate each other’s moves. I might have felt awkward and nervous about being her boyfriend, but fighting with her? That came naturally. Hmm…that sounded wrong. Oh, well.

I don't feel that way anymore," Nico muttered. "I mean... I gave up on Percy. I was young and impressionable, and I- I don't..." His voice cracked, and Jason could tell the guy was about to get teary-eyed. Whether Nico had really given up on Percy or not, Jason couldn't imagine what it had been like for Nico all those years, keeping a secret that would've been unthinkable to share in the 1940s, denying who he was, feeling completely alone- even more isolated than other demigods. "Nico," he said gently, "I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you did? That was maybe the bravest.

His lion and hippo legs twitched. I wondered if netherworld monsters dreamed of chasing rabbits.

Spontaneous combustion IS a form of harm, Mr. D," Chiron put in.