Life is only precious because it ends, kid.

Percy pushed on his side furiously and the crack closed. His eyes blazed with anger. She hoped he wasn’t mad at her, but if he was she couldn’t blame him. If it keeps him going, she thought, then let him be angry.

And of course I'm in the press all the time. So many books have been written about me; Into thin air, up in the air,Gone with the wind-

If you'd sat there any longer,' Annabeth said, 'you would have spontaneously combusted. I hope the conversation was worth it?

People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn't explain how. She didn't really want to know.

'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love.

Mugged by my own mother.