We'd spent maybe ten minutes together, during which time I'd... - Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

"You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed."

"Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die."

"People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed."

"But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword."

"Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die."