More quotes by Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

"Five syllables,"Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad."
"Before I could lose my courage, I said, "Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?"I figured she would punch me. Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching toward us. "Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then, we'll see."
"The Princess Andromeda?""Went ka-boom."
"Kronos would be 10 times more powerful. His very presence would incinerate you. And once he achieves this he will empower the other Titans. They are weak, compared to what they soon will become, unless you can stop them, the world will fall, the gods will die, and I will never achieve a perfect score on this stupid machine."
"I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red."