“hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope he is just bluffing.”
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“hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope he is just bluffing.”
“Leo had seen Tia Callida in action; she liked knives, snakes and putting babies in roaring fires. Yeah, definitely let's unleash her rage. Great idea.”
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“She wondered if it was her stupid mother, the goddess of love, messing with her thoughts. If Piper started getting urges to read fashion magazines, she was going to have to find Aphrodite an...”
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“I past another telkhine, who was so startled he dropped his Lil' Demons lunch box. I left him alive - partly because he had a cool lunch box...”
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“Fortunately, we did most of our athletic stuff inside, so we didn't have to jog through Tribeca looking like a bunch of boot-camp hippie children.”
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“Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!”
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“But Grover’s voice was already growing fainter. ‘Sweet dreams. Don’t let me die!”
“That's it, cupcake. You're going down.”
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“It was beautiful in a harsh I'm-going-to-gut-you-like-a-fish kind of way.”
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“If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.”
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“After the satyrs filed in to dinner, the Hermes cabin brought up the rear. They were always the biggest cabin. Last summer it had been led by Luke, the guy who fought with Thalia and Annabet...”
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“We were just looking at maps...”
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“Leo. Jason said, you're wierd. Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. But if you don't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes. Come on!”
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“Hope does not leave without being given permission.”
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“that you humans are more than the sum of your history. You can choose how much of your ancestry to embrace. You can overcome the expectations of your family and your society. What you cannot...”
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“Nothing lasts forever. But the thing is, you can reuse some. Use your mind. - Leo's Mother, The Lost Hero”
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“Does truth have a moral?”
“It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.”
“Sometimes you lie to deceive people. Sometimes you lie because you need the lie to become the truth.”
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“Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth,” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?”
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