You, sir, are a ray of sunshine. -Percy Jackson

Set’s storm is gathering,” Amos said with a twinkle in his eyes. “Shall we drive into is?

The real world is where the monsters are.

Besides, you're a cat. It's your nature to think you're the center of the universe.

I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

Leo dropped into the pool and approched the cage. "Hola, Tia. Little bit of trouble?" She [Hera] crossed her arms and sighed in exasperation. "Don't inspect me like I'm one of your machines, Leo Valdez. Get me out of here!

My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.