Alice

“I considered that perhaps courage was a self-perpetuating cycle, like abuse. Nero had hoped to create miniature, tortured versions of himself because that made him feel stronger. Meg had found the strength to oppose him because she saw how much her foster siblings needed her to succeed, to show them another way... All any of us could do was try, and hope that, in the end, the virtuous cycle would break the vicious one.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“You know that meme with the honey bear and the caption honey, he gay? Yes, I created that. And in Ganymede’s case, it was hardly news.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“It was a silly thing to say, but some stubborn part of me insisted that Percy Jackson must be here somewhere, waiting to do dangerous tasks for me. That was his job!”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“In ancient times, he’d been famous for his youthful beauty that defied gender.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero