More quotes by Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

"She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard."
"Hazel!” he yelled. “That box! Open it!”She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te label read WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. “Open it!” Leo yelled again."
"Stop!"Narcissus got to his feet. "This is not right! This person is obviously not awesome, so he must be..."He struggled for the right words. It had probably been a long time since he'd talked about anything other than himself. "He must be tricking us."Apparently Narcissus wasn't completely stupid."
"What are you talking about?"Narcissus demanded. "I am amazing. Everyone knows this.""Amazing at pure suck,"Leo said. "If I was as suck as you, I'd drown myself. Oh wait, you already did that."
"It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive. After all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together. She loved him for saying that."