Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
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"Right," she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative."
"Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair flattened and you could just see the tips of his horns. His bright orange backpack was full of scrap metal and apples to snack on. In his pocket was a set of reed pipes his daddy goat had carved for him, even though he only knew two songs: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 12 and Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday," both of which sounded pretty bad on reed pipes."
"Mr. D," Grover asked timidly, "if you're not going to eat it, could I have your Diet Coke can?"
"Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen to opera music."
"Humans see what they want to see."
"A strange breeze rustled through the clearing, temporarily overpowering the stink of trash and murk. It brought the smell of berries and wildflowers and clean rainwater, things that might've once been in these woods. Suddenly I was nostalgic for something I'd never knew."
"Go on with what your heart tells you, or you'll lose it all"
"But remember: what belongs to the sea will always return to the sea.--Nereid"
"Chiron looked surprised. “I thought that would be obvious enough. The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles."
"Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say."
"Young man, names are powerful things. You don’t just go around using them for no reason."
"The real world is where the monsters are."
"A steely look of anger flared in my mother’s eyes, and I thought, just maybe, I was leaving her in good hands after all. Her own."
"I have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. It is never anything but tragic."
"The dead aren't scary. They are just sad."
"I wanted to get angry, this guy pushed me so hard."
"I wondered if Grover could still read my emotions, mixed up as they were."
"It's useless to lecture a human."
"Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality."
"Because I’m not normal,” I said.“You say that as if it’s a bad thing, Percy. But you don’t realize how important you are."
"I don’t belong here,” I said. “I don’t even believe in gods.”“Yeah,” he said. “That’s how we all started. Once you start believing in them? It doesn’t get any easier."
"The sea does not like to be restrained."
"I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera.The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!"
"You're Dionysus," I said. "The god of wine."Mr. D rolled his eyes. "What do they say these days, Grover? Do the children say 'Well duh!'?"Y-yes, Mr. D."Then, well, duh! Percy Jackson. Did you think I was Aphrodite, perhaps?" You're a god."Yes, child."A god. You."
"He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're my best friend and I don't want you to die!"