“Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. “Hang on. What about traps?” He frowned. “Traps?” “Didn’t Egyptian tombs have traps?” “Well…sometimes. But this isn’t a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse—” “Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.”

A person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.

That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.” Which one is me?” I asked. The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested. Oh, shut up.

your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos’s traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty Percy. You do not know when it is time to cut your losses. To save a friend you would sacrifice the world.

But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.

Humans see what they want to see.

Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations

When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace

Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.

dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.

See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson

Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.

No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.

Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

Hope survives best at the hearth.

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.