“A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.”

Good luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)

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.

Why is my leg broken on the ski trip and not anyone else’s?’ And I think that medicine has done a terrible job of addressing that spiritual violation.

I tell patients that tranquilizers alone never cure anyone.

The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?

People are terrified to be set free – they hold on to their chains. They fight anyone who tries to break those chains. It’s their security..

I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible

How can they expect me or anyone else to set them free if they don’t really want to be free?

How can I set free anyone who doesn’t have the guts to stand up alone and declare his own freedom?

On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.