Quotes from book

The Battle of the Labyrinth

“You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.”

“We'd spent maybe ten minutes together, during which time I'd accidentally swung a sword at her, she'd saved my life, and I'd run away chased by a band of supernatural killing machines. You know, your typical chance meeting.”

“But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”

“I pulled out Riptide.”

“When I got across, I looked back and saw Tyson giving Grover a piggyback ride (or was it a goatyback ride?).”

“Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way our sons and daughters act in our names… well, it usually says more about THEM than it does about us.”

“I hoped they couldn't run very fast with those stubby little legs and flippers, but they waddled along pretty well.”

“I looked into his eyes, and I realized he was the same man I'd seen in my dreams. His face might be totally different, but the same soul was in there, the same intelligence and all the sadness.”

“And you, Percy, are my favorite son.”

“Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.”

“Annabeth’s hand slipped into mine. Under different circumstances I would’ve been embarrassed, but here in the dark I was glad to know where she was. It was about the only thing I was sure of.”

“I tried to talk to Annabeth, but she was acting like I'd just punched her grandmother.”

“Poseidon can come in too! We will eat you both! Seafood!”

“Remake the wild, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. You cannot wait for anyone else, even a god, to do that for you.”

“Chiron insisted that we talk about the Labyrinth in the morning which is like 'Hey, your life's in mortal danger. Sleep tight!”

“I need to talk to Clarisse," Annabeth said.
I stared at her as if she'd just said "I need to eat a large, smelly boot."
"What for?”

“For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest WHAT IF.”

“He had a crush on a blueberry bush once.”

“Red cattle," Annabeth said. "The cattle of the sun."
"What?" I [Percy] asked.
"They're sacred to Apollo."
"Holy cows?”