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"Um, dad?" I called "How's it going?""Percy!" Annabeth whispered. "We're in a hurry!"
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"Talk to strangers politely... Every friend you have now was once a stranger, although not every stranger becomes a friend."

"Don't use your words to criticize, condemn, or complain; us your words to appreciate, inspire, and empower."

"The thing is that it could never again feel natural to talk to her."

"Spoken words have power beyond measure."

"It's hard to communicate anything exactly and that's why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find."

"Our speech is poor interpretation of our perception."

"Where our own mind doesn't listen to us, how can other's minds follow what we say? One should not have such expectation at all."

"Meetings! Meetings! Meetings!Do they ever achieve anything or do they just let a lot of hot air out of an already over inflated balloon?"

"Confrontation affords you the opportunity to hear the other side of the story."

"When we talk, we express our preconceived thoughts, when we listen, we learn and give birth to new thoughts."
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"Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually."


"It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up."


"It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality."


"Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need."


"Frank stared at her. "But you throw Ding Dongs at monsters."Iris looked horrified. "Oh, they're not Ding Dongs."She rummaged under the counter and brought out a package of chocolate covered cakes that looked exactly like Ding Dongs. "These are gluten-free, no-sugar-added, vitamin-enriched, soy-free, goat-milk-and-seaweed-based cupcake simulations.""All natural!" Fleecy chimed in."I stand corrected." Frank suddenly felt as queasy as Percy."


"What about a compromise? I'll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I'll apologize."


"I looked at the campers, all of them grim and determined. I tried not to feel like this was the last time I'd ever see them all together. 'You're the greatest heroes of this millennium,' I told them. 'It doesn't matter how many monsters come at you. Fight bravely, and we will win.' I raised Riptide and shouted, 'FOR OLYMPUS!' They shouted in response, and our forty voices echoed off the buildings of Midtown."


"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."
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