Percy Jackson. Book 2. The Sea of Monsters

Hermes said. “Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment

The Colchis bulls, made by Hephaestus himself. We can’t fight them without Medea’s Sunscreen SPF 50,000. We’ll get burned to a crisp

“I am Thalia,” the girl said. “Daughter of Zeus.”

“It healed the tree,” Chiron said, his voice ragged. “And poison was not the only thing it purged.”

He patted me on the back so hard he almost knocked me down the sand dune

“Poseidon sent you a dream message?”

Tyson nodded. “Wants me to go underwater for the rest of the summer. Learn to work at Cyclopes’ forges.

un-groovy karma that disrupted the school’s educational aura.

“If you get in trouble again, I want to know about it. And I’ll come help you again, G-man. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

“Tyson, my baby brother.”

Makes us appreciate blessings, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus.