My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.

Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked. "It only works on wild animals." "So it would only affect Percy," Annabeth reasoned. "Hey!" I protested.

Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpion.

You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?

Most people call it The Book of the Dead,” he told me. “Rich Egyptians were always buried with a copy, so they could have directions through the Duat to the Land of the Dead. It’s like an Idiot’s Guide to the Afterlife.

He had a crush on a blueberry bush once.

"Cool" Leo said. "I always wanted a sister who could beat me up."