The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)

by Rick Riordan

After living in exile at Camp Half-Blood all these wretched years, I’ve learned that you mortals are surprisingly resilient.”

The dead just wanted to be heard, especially if they hadn’t been listened to during their time on earth.

Sometimes mortals are not aware of the threads that bind them. You could both be wrong about the first time you met, and yet the two of you have orbited each other for so long, like heavenly bodies in the sky.”

“Ghosts?” “This is the land of the dead, Will,” said Nico. “Not all souls make it across the River Styx or into my father’s kingdom. Some get lost, or turn aside for whatever reason.... They wander around as ghosts.”

We are all of us made of stories.”