The Feast of Fortuna had nothing to do with tuna, which was fine with Percy.

Piper!” Frank yelled. “Counter those empousai! We need some chaos.” “Thought you’d never ask.” She started catcalling at the female demons: “Your makeup is smeared! Your friend called you ugly! That one is making a face behind your back!

Being turned into a lizard can really mess up your day.

Love and war always go together. They are the peaks of human emotion! Evil and good, beauty and ugliness

I wondered if I would appear on a temple wall painting someday. A blonde Egyptian girl with purple highlights running sideways through the palm trees, screaming "Yikes!" in hieroglyphics as Neith chased after me. The thought of some poor archaeologist trying to figure that out almost lifted my spirits.

I’m sorry I can’t do more. But happy birthday, Sadie.” He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips.

I suppose with so many things suddenly getting better, the things that were still missing hurt even worse.