I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?" Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War.

She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts.

The first thing we pulled out was a lump of white gunk. “Wax,” Carter pronounced. “Fascinating.

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

Being turned into a lizard can really mess up your day.

I apologize for apologizing." "Thank you.

That was so completely unfair that I told Tantalus to go chase a donut, which didn't help his mood.