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The Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

"Families are messy.  IImmortal families are eternally messy.  Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're realted for better or worse . . . and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum." 

"We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good.  Once, I lost my grip and found myself dangling by one hand from a ledge fifty feet above the rocky surf.  But I found another handhold and kept climbing.  A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped.  Fortunately, she found something else to put it against.  Unfortunately, that something was my face.  'Sorry,' she murrmured. 'S'okay,' I grunted, though I'd never really wanted to know what Annabeth's sneaker tasted like." 

"My mom's funny that way, celebrating special occasion with blue food.  I think it's her way of saying anthing is possible.  Percy can pass seventh grade.  Waffles can be blue.  Little miracles like that." 

"HErmes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on our family, no matter how tempting they make it.  It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Inernet-" 

"I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut." 

"Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly.  'I'm glad you're not a guinea pig.' 'Me, too.' I hoped my face wasn't as red as it felt."

"Mythologically speaking, if there's anything I hate worse than trios of old ladies, it's bulls.  Last summer, I ofught the Minotaur on top of Half-Blood Hill.  This time what I saw up there was even worse: two bulls.  And not just regular bulls - bronze ones the sizes of elephants.  And even that wasn't bad enough.  Naturally they had to breathe fire, too." 

"I couldn't believe I'd come this far, lost Tyson, suffered through so much, only to fail - stopped by a big stupid monster in a baby-blue tuxedo kilt.  Nobody was going to swat down my friends like that!  I mean . . . nobody, not Nobody.  Ah, you know what I mean." 

"'You weren't able to talke sense into him?' 'Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death.' "I see.  You tried the diplomatic approach.'" 

"'It doesn't matter if they hate you, embrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet-' 'You invented the Internet?' 'It was my idea,' Martha said. 'Rats are delicious,' George said. 'It was my idea!' Hermes said. 'I mean the Internet, not the rats. But that's not the point.'"

"Ever come home and found your room messed up?  Like some helpful person (hi, mom) has tried to 'clean' it, and suddenly you can't find anything?  And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feeling like somebody's been looking through your private stuff and dusting everything with lemon furniture polish?" 

"Does truth have a moral?" 

"I've met pleny of embrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan who wanted to destroy Western Civilization?  Not the kind of dad you invited to school for Career Day." 

"He'd change since last summer.  Instead of Bermuda shorts and a t-shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather loafers.  His sandy hair, which used to be so unruly, was now clipped short.  He looked like an evil male model, showing off what the fashionable college-age villain was wearing to Harvard this year." 

"'Powered donuts,' Tyson said earnestly. 'I will look for powered donuts in the wilderness.' He headed outside and started calling, 'Here, donuts!'" 

"'Dude!" said a party pony as he unloaded his gear.  'Did you see that bear guy?  He was all like: 'Whoa, I have an arrow in my mouth!''" 

"Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmellow commited suicide, diving into the flames." 

"Hermes smiled. 'I knew a boy once . . . oh, younger than you by far.  A mere baby, really.' 'Here we go again,' George said. 'Always talking about himself.' 'Quiet!' Martha snapped. 'Do you want to get set on vibrate?'"

"'How about this: stealing is not always bad?' 'I don't think my mom would like that moral.' 'Rats are delicious,' suggested George. 'What does that have to do with the story?' Martha demanded. 'Nothing, George said. 'But I'm hungry.'" 

"We did al the stanard camp numbers: 'Down By The Aegean', 'I Am My Own Great-Great-Great-Great Grandpa', 'This Land Is Minos's Land'" 

"Thalia had been turned into a pine tree when she was 12. me . . . well, I was doing my best not to follow her example.  I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if I were ever on the verge of death - plankton, maybe.  Or maybe a floating parch of kelp." 

"'Don't untie me,' she said, 'not matter what happens or how much I plead.  I'll want to go straight over the edge and srown myself.' 'Are you trying to tempt me?'

"'Well, actually it carried Cadmus.  Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important.' 'It was probably important to her.'" 

"'But . . . you're still getting married?' Grover sounded hurt. 'Who's the bride?' Ploypemus looked toward the boiling pot. Clarisse made a strangled sound. 'Oh, no! You can't be serioius. I'm not-'"

"But Grover's voice was already growing fainter. 'Sweet dreams.  Don't let me die!'"

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