Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

"What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?""I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you.""Why?""Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?"

"Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all."

"She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish."

"My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.Am I a troubled kid?Yeah. You could say that."

"How did you die?""We er....drowned in a bathtub.""All three of you?""It was a big bathtub."

"Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes."

"Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing."

"I said hello to the poodle."

"Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes."

"Right,"she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative."

"If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself."

"It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality."

"If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself."

"Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face."

"i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants."