She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the c... - Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

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

"If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself."

"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."

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

"Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face."