Matt was almost completely naked. A tattered loincloth and an ugly chain with a yellow diamond were his only apparel.

Oh, never and forever aren't for mortals, love. But we won't be parted till I know it's right that we part.

The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.

They're Lares. House gods.""House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods?

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

The combination of razor-sharp wit (completely real) and his credentials (completely fake) had won them over in the end.

Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.

Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.

Ugh! She cursed her lack of attention to the [mythology] reading. Who could have known that would be the important class?

Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!

..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...

Lady, I was gonna cut you some slack, 'cause you're a major mythological figure...but now you've just gone nuts!

In the aether I appear in fiery forms, And in the aer I sit in a silvery chariot; earth reigns in my black brood of puppies.

Nay, father. Some of us have been killing giants today and aren't in the mood to have a tea party.- Thor, God of Thunde

The belief that myths are somehow less true than the symbolic dream we call 'reality' may be the greatest myth of all.