Quotes About Nature

Rainbows. Very Macho! ~Leo Valdez

It was beautiful in a harsh I'm-going-to-gut-you-like-a-fish kind of way.

Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. It's green! Nico said with delight.

And do you know what a full-fledged war would look like, Percy? Bad? I guessed. Imagine the world in chaos. Nature at war with itself. Olympians forced to choose sides between Zeus amd Poseidon. Destruction. Carnage. Millions dead. Western civilization turned into a battleground so big it will make the Trojan War look like a water-balloon fight. Bad, I repeated.

I stared at the river far below. Why did you park us on the mountain? Why not closer? Bast shrugged, as if this hadn't occurred to her. Cats like to get as high up as possible. In case we have to pounce on something. Great, I said. So if we have to pounce, we're all set.

Water liked to be free. Given time, water could overcome any barrier, and it hated to be trapped, just like Percy.

The pinecone is a fearsome tool of destruction! -Bacchus

That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.

Green grass breaks through snow, Artemis pleads for my help, I am so cool.

Thalia had gotten herself turned into a pine tree when she was twelve. Me ... Well, I was doing my best not to follow her example. I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if I were ever on the verge of death--plankton, maybe. Or a floating patch of kelp.

How old is she now? he asked. Hard to say. She was a tree for a while. Now she's immortal.

The smallest seedlings, Demeter often told me, grow into century oaks.

If you have ever tried to walk while immersed in a swift stream, you know how difficult it is. Also, if you have tried it, then may I ask why?

A moose tried to eat us, Hearth signed. "Excuse me?" I asked. "A moose?" Hearth grunted in exasperation. He spelled out: D-E-E-R. Same sign for both animals. "Oh, that's much better," I said. "A deer tried to eat you.

It was like looking at the ocean: some days, you could tell what mood it was in. Most days, though, it was unreadable, mysterious.

You cannot imprison me! He bellowed. I am Hyperion! I am- The bark closed over his face. Grover took his pipes from his mouth. You are a very nice maple tree.

Rainbows always stand for hope. -Iris

But remember: what belongs to the sea will always return to the sea. --Nereid

She ended up marrying Oceanus, which was kind of a no-brainer. "Hey, you like water? I like water too! We should totally go out!

Besides, your a cat.Its your nature to think your the center of the universe. She stared at him blankly. But I am the center of the universe.

A faint smile played on his lips. Obedience does not come naturally to you, does it No...sir I must take some blame for that, I suppose. The sea does not like to be restrained.

Laufen? Auch kein Erfolg. Die Waldnymphen, die mich unterrichten sollten, sausten mir sofort davon. Sie meinten, ich solle mir darüber nicht den Kopf zerbrechen. Sie hätten Jahrhunderte Übung darin, vor liebeskranken Göttern wegzurennen. Aber trotzdem fand ich es ein wenig demütigend, langsamer zu sein als ein Baum.

Meg gagged. I hate bugs. That made sense for a daughter of the agriculture goddess, but to me the dead ant didn't seem any grosser than the piles of garbage in which we often swam.

Make Way for Ducklings, or They Will Smack You Upside the Head