“Leo didn't usually think of the ukulele as a sad instrument. (Pathetic, sure. But not sad.) Yet the tune Apollo strummed was so melancholy it broke Leo's feels.”

“And yet I feel so sad for some reason.”

“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.”

“Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.”

“I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts -Leo Valdez”

“I still don't think it's pathetic to cry over someone. It just means you care about them deeply and you're sad.”

“Turn them on, turn them on,
Turn on those sad songs.
When all hope is gone,
Why don't you tune in and turn them on?They reach into your room,
Just feel their gentle touch.
When all hope is gone,
Sad songs say so much.”

“How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd…”

“Melancholy held me hostage, and the bees built a hive of sadness in my soul.”

“No!" Leo yelled.
"Uhhh," Nico groaned from the floor.
"Piper!" Jason cried.
"Monkey!" Frank yelled.
"Not monkeys," Hazel grumbled. "I think those are dwarfs."
"Stealing my stuff!" Leo yelled, and ran for the stairs.”