The forge looked like a steam-powered locomotive had smashed into the Greek Parthenon and they had fused together.

Do you always try to kill people when they blow their nose?

He scowled at Jason. "And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again.

Once he'd even reprogrammed the electronic billboards in Time Square to read: ALL DA LADIES LUV LEO... accidentally, of course.

Juno: "The heroes of olympus must unite! After your victory over kronos in manhattan...well I fear that wounded jupiter's self-esteem." Percy: Cause I was right and he was wrong" Juno: "He should be used to that after being married to me so long, but alas.

She stared at me. "Fly, ;ole, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, AND carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb?" "Yeah," I said. "Pretty much exactly like that.

It’s hard to look in charge when you’re hunched over like Quasimodo.