The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)

by Rick Riordan

Boy was so obviously Poseidon’s son

Me fr

“I hope Mrs. Kerr whipped your butt.”

Gabe had put on weight. He looked like a tuskless walrus in thrift-store clothes.

Fat phobia in YA :(

We accept the love we think we deserve

I wanted to scream. Why did she care what he thought?

This man is literally my father

What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should’ve been named ADHD poster child of the year.

you understand that some divine force really is trying to mess up your day.

Does feel like that sometimes

“Not good,” Grover said. “Ares sought you out, Percy. This is not good.”

He reminded me of every bully I’d ever faced: Nancy Bobofit, Clarisse, Smelly Gabe, sarcastic teachers—every jerk who’d called me stupid in school or laughed at me when I’d gotten expelled.

Hades feeds on doubt and hopelessness. He will trick you if he can, make you mistrust your own judgment. Once you are in his realm, he will never willingly let you leave. Keep faith. Good luck, Percy Jackson.”

JUDGMENTS FOR ELYSIUM AND ETERNAL DAMNATION Welcome, Newly Deceased!

“The garden of Persephone,”

Hades’s

aura was affecting me, just as Ares’s had. The Lord of the Dead resembled pictures I’d seen of Adolph Hitler, or Napoleon, or the terrorist leaders who direct suicide bombers. Hades had the same intense eyes, the same kind of mesmerizing, evil charisma.

I didn’t do. I’ve had a lot of experience with that.

Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades

ADHD keeping you alive in battle.

So it is a superpower lmao

found a family,

Their precious ‘Western civilization’ is a disease, Percy.

Kinda based ngl