Grand buildings made her feel better--maybe because being in a place so permanent made her feel more permanent.

We were just looking at maps.

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. "It's green!" Nico said with delight.

She sacrificed her life to make things right," Mitchell grumbled. "She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero

There was Tyson moving into the Poseidon cabin, giggling to himself every fifteen seconds and saying, "Percy is my brother?" like he'd just won the lottery. Aw, Tyson," I'd say. "It's not that simple.

Annabeth looked at me. " We have to get out of here." " You think I want to be in the girls' restroom?" " I mean the ship, Percy! We have to get off the ship." " Smells bad," Tyson agreed. " And dogs eat all the eggs. Annabeth is right. We must leave the restroom and the ship.