The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles, #3)

by Rick Riordan

all intelligent entities have souls, so all of them have shadows,

Isis was quite good at looking hurt and disapproving at the same time, which must have made her an impossible mother.

Seeing a hippo blush is quite odd. It almost made Tawaret look delicate—in a massive sort of way.

I had never been so happy to see someone so ugly.

Tawaret the hippo goddess was in the lead, wearing her nurse’s outfit and high heels, swinging a flaming torch in one hand and a hypodermic needle in the other. She bonked one demon on the head, then injected another in the rump, causing him to pass out immediately.

A person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.

music and magic both needed a little chaos within the order.

Chinese, Mexican (the Macho Nachos), pizza, and ice cream—the four basic food groups.

I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.”