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“Please!’
That word didn’t make sense to Nico. The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice.
‘You’re already dead,’ Nico said. ‘You’re a ghost with no tongue, no memory. You won’t be sharing any secrets.”

“All aboard for one last trip.”

“What did he say?" Hazel asked.
"With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top," Percy replied.”

“For a moment, Nico felt like a little kid again. He was tempted to blurt out, That’s so cool! Even before he got into Mythomagic, he’d been obsessed with pirates. Probably that was one reason he’d been so smitten with Percy, a son of the sea god.”

“Pluto's pauldrons,” Reyna cursed.”

“People of Earth, I come in peace!”

“Contrary to what you might think, I don't spend every waking hour thinking about boys."
"Just most waking hours?”

“Which reminded me… I still owed the gods a debt.
"You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth.”

“Um," Grover said. "Percy?"
"Yeah?"
"I thought you'd want to know."
"Yeah?"
"Cerberus? He's saying we've got ten seconds to pray to the god of our choice. After that… well… he's hungry.”

“Right.” Sadie looked dazed. “You’ve got a monkey butler. Why not?”

“Leo waited while the fish centaur put away his supplies. Aphros's lobster-claw horns kept swimming around in his thick hair, and Leo had to resist the urge to try and rescue them.”

“the answer to every problem involved penguins”

“Oh, god,” I said. “Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?”
--Sadie to Zia”

“his hair was permed and gelled like a New Jersey girl's on homecoming night.
Percy Jackson”

“Percy: I thought I’d lost my mom forever, and I was stuck on a hill in a thunderstorm fighting this huge bull dude while Grover was passed out wailing. “Food!” It was terrifying, man.”

“What’s the best part of being in Hermes cabin?
Connor: You are never lonely. I mean seriously, new kids are always coming in. So you always have someone to talk to.
Travis: Or prank.
Connor: Or pickpocket. One big happy family.”

“Besides, you're a cat. It's your nature to think you're the center of the universe.”

“I mean, five gods in one stomach—dang. That's enough for doubles tennis, including a ref. They'd been down there so long, they were probably hoping Kronos would swallow down a deck of cards or a Monopoly game.”

“The darkness is my birthright.”

“Knowledge of any value can't be given. It must be sought and earned”

“I was glad to be with her, but it also kind of hurt, and it hurt when I wasn't with her, too.”

“Child of Hades, what more could I do to you? You are perfect! So much sorrow and pain!’ Nico gasped. His eyes flew open.”

“It's natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not…”

“Tyson! Thank the gods, Annabeth is hurt!"
"You thank the gods that she is hurt?" he asked, puzzled.”

“Percy grunted. “Believe me, some days I regret the choice. Oh, you want to turn down our offer? Okay, fine! ZAP! Lose your memory! Go to Tartarus!”

“[Iris] squeezed his hand. "Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.”

“He remembered his home now, and that gave him new determination to succeed. He was fighting for two camps now -- two families.”

“You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.”

“I wondered if Olympus had gone to a commercial break, or if our ratings had been any good.”