"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

"Now are the woods all black,
But still the sky is blue."
— Marcel Proust

"On Art Garfunkel - He makes Paul Simon look like LL Cool J."
— Ian Gittins

"There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating college student."
— Paul Graham (Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age)

"He who lacks imagination lives but half a life. He has his experiences, he has his facts, he has his learning. But do any of these really live unless touched by the magic of the imagination?"
— Paul Fenimore Cooper

"But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ."
— Apostle Paul

"Humankind is innocent, loving, and creative, you dig? It's the bureaucracies that create the evil, that make Honor and Community impossible, and it's the kids who really take it in the groin."
— Paul Goodman

"[Samuel Prescott was] returning from a lady friend's house at the awkward hour of 1 a.m."
— John M. Murrin (Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Vol. I: To 1877, Concise Edition)

"My idea of socialism is no state monopoly. There should be stress on the subjectivity of the human being. You need good material conditions, a high level of culture, much freedom and friendship. And it won't come today or tomorrow. It's a long and winding road"
— Marek Edelman

"If at first you don't succeed, you are not Paul Johnson!"
— A GT Fan

"The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could."
— Paul Hogan

""I feel like a cup of tea with no milk. I just had one. It was disgusting.""
— Paul Colman

"Yap, yap little dog ~ Riven"
— Paul S. Kemp

"The pain reflected in a mother’s eyes noticing how much her son suffers brings us to fight to give wellness that allows us of thinking and hoping for a hopeful life and a better future.

El dolor de una madre reflejado en sus ojos al ver el sufrimiento de su hijo nos lleva a luchar por dar un bienestar que permita tener una esperanza de vida para un futuro mejor.

La douleur apparente dans les yeux d’une mère en voyant la souffrance de son fils nous amène a lutter pour obtenir et donner un bienêtre qui permette d’avoir une espérance de vie pour un meilleur future.
"
— Paul Chehade

"Il faut regarder la configuration ensemble pour déterminer le comportement des parties et non l'inverse."
— Paul Weiss

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement
give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow
Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may
glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
— Romans 15:5-6

"Most dancers I know, especially the talented and successful ones, seem to possess [my dog's] knack for living moment to moment. You see, their idea of time is related to those infinitely short moments when they are onstage being their superselves."
— Paul Taylor (Private Domain: An Autobiography)

""I don't want to go to Peru."
"How do you know? You've never been there."
"I've never been to hell either and I'm pretty sure I don't want to go there."
— Richard Paul Evans (The Sunflower: A Novel)

"Say not that it is impossible. It will take you a long time, but you shall surely master it. Success will take you by surprise one day; it comes suddenly. "
— Bramasuganandah

"[People] do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself but because it contradicts them."
— E. Paul Hovey

""A new enterprise awaits. It hangs before you like fruit on a tree.""
— Julie Powell (Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen)

""Doors are going to open-doors you can't even imagine exist.""
— Julie Powell (Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen)

"You who have defeated us say to yourselves that Babylon is fallen and its
works have been overturned. I say to you still that man remains on trial, each
man in his own dock. Each man is a little war."
— Frank Herbert