The Sea Of Monsters Quotes
"Wind and rain ripped at the palm trees along the sidewalk."
"The wind bent the palm trees almost to the ground."
"Morning sunlight filtered through my bedroom window."
"My mom had made me promise not to use deadly weapons in the apartment."
"Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that."
"My fingers closed reassuringly around the ballpoint pen I always slept with."
"I’d almost made it an entire year without getting expelled."
"The whole middle school had read this book called Lord of the Flies."
"I’d never admit it to her, but she was smarter than me."
"I sat down hard in the middle of the gym floor."
"I had a terrible feeling that Grover was in danger."
"Tyson was the only homeless kid at Meriwether College Prep."
"You might have friends if you weren’t always sticking up for that freak."
"Don’t worry, big guy. Everything’s going to be fine."
"We were about to close our notebooks when Matt Sloan reached over and ripped the photo out of the rings."
"He and his big ugly friends were too busy laughing."
"Nobody called me Perseus except those who knew my true identity. Friends… and enemies."
"What happened was a massive wedgie contest between the seventh and eighth graders."
"I should’ve been excited. For the first time in my life, I’d almost made it an entire year without getting expelled."
"My friend Tyson. I had to meet him at the subway station on time or he’d get upset."
"The shadow flicker across the glass - a humanlike shape."
"The entire front of the store exploded, and a monstrous voice bellowed: 'MIIIIINE!'"
"They work the forges of the gods. They have to be immune to fire."
"Grover had been my best friend in sixth grade."
"I brought it out, studied the Ancient Greek writing engraved on the side: Anaklusmos. Riptide."
"As she was dying, her father, Zeus, took pity on her and changed her into a pine tree. Her spirit had reinforced the magic borders of the camp, protecting it from monsters."
"The magical borders were failing because Thalia’s tree was dying."
"But now that you are here, stay here. Train hard. Learn to fight. But do not leave."
"Only one source of magic would be strong enough to reverse the poison, and it was lost centuries ago."
"The embarrassing truth: I was the only one who stayed in that cabin because I wasn’t supposed to be alive."
"I mean, you’d think the titan lord would’ve learned his lesson eons ago when he was overthrown by the gods."
"You must not let yourself be baited into hasty action! This could be a trap of the titan lord."
"It can revitalize any land where it's placed. It cures sickness, strengthens nature, cleans up pollution."
"The gods have blinded you. Can't you imagine a world without them, Annabeth?"
"He is re-forming. Little by little, we're calling his life force out of the pit."
"Because of your dad, when you're at sea, you have perfect bearings. That is so cool."
"How did the Princess Andromeda travel so far overnight? That's like—"
"We can start the world anew. We could use your intelligence, Annabeth."
"Traveling with a Cyclops. Talk about dishonoring Thalia's memory!"
"Vine-covered trees loomed above us. Insects chirred in the woods. The air was muggy and hot, and steam curled off the river."
"Men are pigs, Percy Jackson. I used to turn them into real pigs, but they were so smelly and large and difficult to keep."
"You, my dear, have the makings of a sorceress. Like me."
"Forget him. Join me and learn the ways of sorcery."
"You will become wise and powerful. You will have all you ever wanted."
"You are too intelligent, my dear. You know better than to trust that silly camp for heroes."
"I mean, don’t you want the perfect you right away?"
"The hardest part of the makeover process is giving up control."
"The first nibble, and I felt all fiery inside."
"No!" Circe screamed. "You don’t understand! Those are the worst!"
"Argggh!" bellowed the big man. "What’s the witch done t’me!"
"Come on, Seaweed Brain," she said. "We have to get away while Circe’s distracted."
"I’d finally found something I was really good at."
"But now that we were out of danger, all I could think about was how much I missed Tyson, and how worried I was about Grover."
"Hubris means deadly pride, Percy. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else... even the gods."
"You wouldn’t believe how fast a ship can sink."
"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 worse, and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum."
"Monsters never die. They are reborn from the chaos and barbarism that is always bubbling underneath civilization, the very stuff that makes Kronos stronger."
"You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal."
"I just propped up Annabeth so she wouldn’t fall off, covered her in the Golden Fleece that we’d been through so much to get, and said a silent prayer of thanks."
"Time traveled differently in monstrous places."
"Heroes embody that struggle. You fight the battles humanity must win, every generation, in order to stay human."
"You fight the battles humanity must win, every generation, in order to stay human."
"The most important thing: when you open the package and find what’s inside, don’t keep it longer than a week. Sure, it’ll be tempting. I mean, it will grant you almost unlimited power. But if you possess it too long, it will consume you."
"Since I was eight years old, my dad and I have traveled the world. I was born in L.A. but my dad’s an archaeologist, so his work takes him all over."
"You think I’m kidding? Since I was eight years old, my dad and I have traveled the world. I was born in L.A. but my dad’s an archaeologist, so his work takes him all over."
"Rule number one: I was not allowed to look in his workbag. That’s a rule I never broke until the day of the explosion."
"My dad was always telling me to put the book down and play some ball. You ever try to start a game of pick-up basketball in Aswan, Egypt? It’s not easy."
"But when my dad kept it close, it meant we were going to need good luck."
"We’ve stayed in some pretty rough places, and we hardly ever stay anywhere longer than a few days. Most of the time it feels like we’re fugitives rather than tourists."
"But like I said, there’s that other side to him. He’s always very cautious, checking every hotel room before he lets me walk into it."
"You would never guess she’s my sister. First of all, she’d been living in England so long, she has a British accent. Second, she takes after our mom, who was white, so Sadie’s skin is much lighter than mine."
"Just past Waterloo Bridge, my dad tensed. 'Driver,' he said. 'Stop here a moment.'"