Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die. - Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

"Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die."

"Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things."

"We'd spent maybe ten minutes together, during which time I'd accidentally swung a sword at her, she'd saved my life, and I'd run away chased by a band of supernatural killing machines. You know, your typical chance meeting."

"You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed."

"Rachel: You're a half-blood, too?Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about?Rachel: Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren't human! They're half Greek god!...They don't seem to care."