Percy, meet Gladiola. Gladiola, Percy." I stared at Annabeth, figuring she'd crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked deadly serious. "I'm not saying hello to a pink poodle," I said. "Forget it." "Percy," Annabeth said. "I said hello to the poodle. You say hello to the poodle." The poodle growled. "I said hello to the poodle.

Me? I slept like the dead, which I hoped wasn’t a sign of things to come.

True success requires sacrifice.

Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it's unfair that I can be an elephant?" Percy considered. "Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you're totally beast-" "Just shut up," Frank said. "Please." Percy cracked a smile.

You have a humming dodo bird," I said stupidly.

Don't get starry-eyed about somebody you can't have, especially if it blinds you to somebody who's really important.

Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction Ella said