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“Rachel pulled out a blue plastic hairbrush and threw it at the nearest barbarian, beaning him in the eye and making him howl. Sorry I underestimated you, Rachel, I thought distantly. You’re actually kind of a hairbrush ninja.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“Let's assume Lu is right,' Nico said. 'You get captured and put in this cell. She lets you out. You kill the guardian, destroy the fasces, weaken Nero, hooray. Even then, and I'm sorry to be a Debbie Downer —'
'I am calling you Debbie Downer from now on,' Will said gleefully.
'Shut up, Solace.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“She reached across the table and squeezed my hand. 'The last time you were here, you were so lost. So . . . well, if you don't mind me saying —'
'Pathetic,' I blurted out. 'Whiny, entitled, selfish. I felt terribly sorry for myself.'
Meg nodded along with my words as if listening to her favourite song. 'You still feel sorry for yourself.'
'But now,' Sally said, sitting back again, 'you're more . . . human, I suppose.'
There was that word again: human, which not long ago I would have considered a terrible insult. Now, every time I heard it, I thought of Jason Grace's admonition: Remember what it's like to be human.
He hadn't meant all the terrible things about being human, of which there were plenty. He'd meant the best things: standing up for a just cause, putting others first, having stubborn faith that you could make a difference, even if it meant you had to die to protect your friends and what you believed in. These were not the kind of feelings that gods had . . . well, ever.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero

“FARE THEE WELL, FRIEND, said the arrow. APOLLO WILL FALL, BUT APOLLO MUST RISE AGAIN.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero