Desiree

“I wanted to get up and face Setne, but my rear end had other ideas. It wanted to stay where it was and be in extreme pain. Butts are like that sometimes. They can be, well, butts.”
― Rick Riordan, The Crown of Ptolemy

“Life had the nasty habit of lifting me up just to throw me back down.”
― Alexandra Bracken, In the Afterlight

“You just had to be willing to let the people around you serve as supports, and take their share of it when it seemed too much, too heavy, to hold on your own.”
― Alexandra Bracken, In the Afterlight

“The storm isn’t completely random,” Annabeth said. “See there? And there? Bits of material are coming together, forming some kind of structure inside the building.” Sadie frowned. “Looks like bricks in a blender to me.” Annabeth”
― Rick Riordan, The Staff of Serapis