"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

""Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."

Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"

Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"

"Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."

Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."......I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."

"I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.

"And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.""
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
— Mel Brooks

"Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades."
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)

"yesterday is history, tommorow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that's why it's called the present."
— the turttle from Kung-fu panda

"Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned.

"That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there."

"Which one is me?" I asked.

"The little deformed one," Zoe suggested.

"Oh, shut up." "
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)

"Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. "
— Rick Riordan

""Dreams like a podcast,
Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."

"Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.
He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred."
"A god named Fred?""
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)

"Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?"
— Rick Riordan (The Lightning Thief)

"The Lord of time disappeared under a giant blue butt."
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)

"my mother made a squeaking sound that might of been either "yes" or "help".
Poseidon took it as a yes and came in.

Paul was looking back and forth between us, trying to read our expressions. finally he stepped forward.
"hi, I'm Paul Blofis"

Poseidon raised an eyebrow and then shook his hand.
"blowfish did you say?"
"ah, no.Blofis , actually."

"oh i see," Poseidon said. "a shame. i quite like blowfish. i an Poseidon."
"Poseidon? that's an interesting name."
"yes, i like it. I've gone by other names, but i do prefer Poseidon."
"like the god of the sea."
"very much like that, yes"

"well!" my mother interrupted. "um, were so glad you could drop by. Paul, this is Percy's father."
"ah." Paul nodded, though he didn't look real pleased.
"i see."
Poseidon smiled at me. "there you are. my boy. and Tyson, hello, son!"
"daddy!"Tyson [shouted]...

Paul's jaw dropped. he stared at my mother. "Tyson is..."
"not mine," she promised. "its a long story."
— Rick Riordan

"The needs of the many out weight the needs of the few, or the one."
— Spock from Star Trek

""Are you out of your Vulcan mind??" McCoy to Spock"
— Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy

"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. "
— Bill Gates

"The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead."
— Steve Martin

"First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me."
— Steve Martin

"Tina Fey: "It has been said that to write is to live forever."

Steve Martin: "The man who said that is dead."

Fey: "Yet, we all know the importance of writing, because every great movie begins with a great screenplay."

Martin: "Or, a very good idea for the poster. But usually, with a screenplay."

Fey: "And every writer starts with a blank page."

Martin: "And every blank page was once a tree."

Fey: "And every tree was once a tiny seed."

Martin: "And every tiny seed on Earth was placed here by the alien king Rondelay, to foster our titrates and fuel our positive transfers!"
"
— Steve Martin

"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
— Albert Einstein

"A dozen more questions occured to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a quadrilateral equation, two axioms, and a limerick. That's raw intelligence for you."
— Jonathan Stroud (The Bartimaeus Trilogy Boxed Set)

"If life beats you down, there's only one thing you can do. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming."
— Dory- Finding Nemo

"Fish are friends, not food."
— Disney (Sharks - Finding Nemo)