"Leo frowned at the giant's spire. "Can't we blow it up or something?""Without me, you do not have the power,"Hera said. "You might as well try to destroy a mountain.""Done that once today,"Jason said."
"What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize."
"Don't die on me,"she ordered. "You are not dying on me.""Yes, ma'am."He felt light-headed, but she was about the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Her hair was smoldering. Her face was smudged with soot. She had a cut on her arm, her dress was torn, and she was missing a boot. Beautiful."
"But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily.-Aphrodite"
"Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!"
"I have lightning and wind powers,"Jason reminded him. "Piper can turn beautiful and charm people into giving her BMWs. You're no more a freak than we are. And, hey, maybe you can fly, too. Like jump off a building and yell 'Flame on!'"Leo snorted. "If I did that, you would see a flaming kid falling to his death, and I would be yelling something a little stronger than 'Flame on!"