More quotes by Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

"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"
"And of course I'm in the press all the time. So many books have been written about me; Into thin air, up in the air,Gone with the wind-"
"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."
"She wondered if it was her stupid mother, the goddess of love, messing with her thoughts. If Piper started getting urges to read fashion magazines, she was going to have to find Aphrodite and smack her."