I said hello to the poodle. - Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

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

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

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

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

"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."