Leo Valdez deserved a special punishment," she [Khione] said. "I have sent him to a place from which he can never return.

Mr. D," Grover asked timidly, "if you're not going to eat it, could I have your Diet Coke can?

When he woke, daylight was coming through the glass floor, and a boy's voice said, "Oh...You are in so much trouble.

You have to read a lot so you know what good writing looks like and you get inspired. You have to write a lot because it's like a sport - you have to practice. And, also, you have to persevere. Don't give up. I got rejected on my first book, like, 14 times, but I just kept going. So believe in yourself and don't give up.

I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.

Now, now," Bast said. "It's not so bad." "Right," I said. "We're stuck in Washington, D.C. We have two days to make it to Arizona and stop a god we don't know how to stop. And if we can't, we'll never see our dad or Amos again, and the world might end." "That's the spirit!" Bast said brightly. "Now, let's have a picnic.