We can’t make a portal—” “We’ve got a flying boat,” Carter offered.

Eat bitter, taste sweet

I survive all those battles," she growled, "and I get defeated by a stupid chunk of rock!

It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.

Ceres wanted a united front in the plant war." "The plant war," Percy said. "You're going to arm all the little grapes with tiny assault rifles?

Fighting giants was one thing. Bacchus making into a game was something else.

Even his hair was bigger—a massive globe of blue-black frizz so thick that his lobster-claw horns appeared to be drowning as they tried to swim their way to the surface. “Is that why they named you Aphros?” Leo asked as they glided down the path from the cave. “Because of the Afro?” Aphros scowled. “What do you mean?” “Nothing,” Leo said quickly.