The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)

by Rick Riordan

“What would you study, Percy?” “Dunno,” he admitted. “Marine science,” she suggested. “Oceanography?” “Surfing?” he asked.

We should just aim the ballistae and see what happens!”

i hate coach hedge

“I fell in love with a dude. Does that shock you?”

“I’ve seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.”

She glanced at his bare chest, which was sweaty, bony, and streaked with old scars from weapon-making accidents.

im uncomfortable

Leo watched in disbelief as a large wooden raft floated in on the tide and slid to a stop on the beach.

:C

“I’m coming back for you, Calypso,” he said to the night wind. “I swear it on the River Styx.”

“I figure the universe is basically like a machine. I don’t know who made it, if it was the Fates, or the gods, or capital-G God, or whatever. But it chugs along the way it’s supposed to most of the time. Sure, little pieces break and stuff goes haywire once in a while, but mostly…things happen for a reason.