“Percy," Grover said, "the godsdon't appreciate people sitting in their thrones. I mean like turn-you-into-a-pile-of-ashes don't appreciate it.”

“If you have the opportunity to play this game called life, you have to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don't appreciate their moment until it's passed.”

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”

“nothing says 'I love you' like reducing yourself to a smoldering pile of ashes”

“The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.”

“Sometimes, regarding God, my insignificance, inferiority and powerlessness don't sit well with me but it is at this moment I appreciate it, my existence even more.”

“We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.”

“Makes us appreciate blessing, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus.”

“You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mean a Neptune thing."
"Then you and Arion should get along fine," Hazel said. "He's a son of Neptune too."
Percy turned pale. "Excuse me?”

“Some people just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.”