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“I sort of fell."

"Percy! Six hundred and thirty feet?”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“The blond boy in the red trunks is holding your head underwater because he is trying to kill you, and you deserve it, you do, and you know this, and you are ready to die in this swimming pool because you wanted to touch his hands and lips and this means your life is over anyway. You’re in eighth grade. You know these things. You know how to ride a dirt bike, and you know how to do long division, and you know that a boy who likes boys is a dead boy, unless he keeps his mouth shut, which is what you didn't do, because you are weak and hollow and it doesn't matter anymore.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“Pretty soon we’d laced the sneakers over his fake feet, and the world’s first flying goat boy was ready for launch.”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

“He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're my best friend and I don't want you to die!
Then he groaned "Food," and I knew there was hope.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“You may choose to believe or not, but the fact is that immortal means immortal. Can you imagine that for a moment, never dying? Never fading? Existing, just as you are, for all time?”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Then Charon looked at me. That cold stare behind his glasses seemed to bore a hole through my chest. "Here now," he said. "You couldn't read my name correctly. Are you dyslexic, lad?"
"No," I said. "I'm dead.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I was too shocked to register that he’d just cursed in Ancient Greek, and I’d understood him perfectly.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“If you love me, Henry, you don’t love me in a way I understand.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“Grover cleared his throat. "We're in a public place ... You mean, our friend downstairs?"
"Um, right," I said. "Our friend way downstairs.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“A faint smile played on his lips. "Obedience does not come naturally to you, does it"
"No...sir"
"I must take some blame for that, I suppose. The sea does not like to be restrained.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Whoever said death was fair?”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I imagined she was going to say, You killed a Minotaur! or Wow, you're so awesome! or something like that. Instead she said, "You drool when you sleep.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Doors vurst open all along the walls, and skeletal warriors marched in, hundreds of them, from every time period and nation in Western civilization. They lined the perimeter of the room, blocking the exits.
Hades bellowed, "Do you think I want war godling?"
I wanted to say, 'Well, these guys don't look like peace activists'. But I thought that might be a dangerous answer.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“It was fun to burn.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“How did you die, then?” I nudged Grover. “Oh,” he said. “Um . . . drowned . . . in the bathtub.” “All three of you?” Charon asked. We nodded. “Big bathtub.” Charon looked mildly impressed.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Annabeth sat next to me, holding my nectar glass and dabbing a washcloth on my forehead. “Here we are again,” I said. “You idiot,” Annabeth said, which is how I knew she was overjoyed to see me conscious.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“We crept along, following the line of new arrivals that snaked from the main gates toward a black-tented pavilion with a banner that read:   JUDGMENTS FOR ELYSIUM AND ETERNAL DAMNATION Welcome, Newly Deceased!”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“A man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river
                    but then he’s still left
with the river. A man takes his sadness and throws it away
                                                                        but then he’s still left with his hands.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“Tell me we're dead and I'll love you even more.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“He managed a bashful grin. “That really was not fun, though. Well, the hitting-her-with-a-stick part, that was fun. But crashing into a concrete bear? Not fun.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut. ”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet--”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. "I'm glad you're not a guinea pig."
"Me, too." I hoped my face wasn't as red as it felt.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Does truth have a moral?”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited to
school for Career Day.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“You weren't able to talk sense into him?"
Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."
I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Powdered donuts," Tyson said earnestly. "I will look for powdered donuts in the wilderness." He headed outside and started calling, "Here, donuts!”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters