A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.
Rick RiordanThe world will fall, the gods will die, and I will never achieve a perfect score on this stupid machine. -Dionysus
Rick RiordanCurled up at the base of the scales, fast asleep, was the oddest monster I'd seen yet. It had the head of crocodile with a lion's mane. The front half of its body was a lion, but the back end was sleek, brown, and fat - a hippo, I decided. The odd bit was, the animal was tiny - I mean, no larger than an average poodle, which I suppose made him a hippodoodle.
Rick Riordan