More quotes by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

"Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes."
"Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face."
"Right,"she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative."
"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."