Big brothers are the ones who are supposed to pull their punches. Little sisters—well, we should be able to hit as hard as we like, shouldn’t we?

All I could think to say was, "The Lakers are my home team!

She decided she'd rather die in some less memorable way- maybe falling down the stairs, or going peacefully in her sleep at the age eighty, after a nice quiet life with Percy.Yes, that sounded good.

He told me he wouldn't hurt... Charlie. He lied to me.

I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.

And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

It’s not important,” Silena insisted. “We have to find Charlie!” Another first: a child of Aphrodite uninterested in jewellery.