Quotes About Understanding

It takes time to see anyone's real damage.

Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet--

You weren't able to talk sense into him? Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death. I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.

I could have killed you." "Or I could have killed you," Percy said. Jason shrugged. "If there'd been an ocean in Kansas, maybe." "I don't need an ocean—" "Boys," Annabeth interrupted, "I'm sure you both would've been wonderful at killing each other. But right now, you need some rest." Food first," Percy said. "Please?

My brother broke into a toothy grin. Yay! Your brain works!

Suspecting and knowing are not the same.

It's useless to lecture a human.

You speak horse? Hazel asked. Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing, Percy said. Uh, I mean a Neptune thing. Then you and Arion should get along fine, Hazel said. He's a son of Neptune too. Percy turned pale. Excuse me?

Thalia's shoulders relaxed. I owe you one. Two. One and a half, Thalia said. She smiled, and for a second, I remembered that I actually liked her when she wasn't yelling at me.

We'll have to work on your bunny phobia later.

He forced his fists to unclench. Look, lady, we're not going to go all Hunger Games on each other. Isn't going to happen.

Will put his hand on Nico's shoulder. Nico, we need to have another talk about your people skills. Hey, I'm just stating the obvious. If this is Apollo, and he dies, we're all in trouble. Will turned to me. I apologize for my boyfriend. Nico rolled his eyes. Could you not? Would you prefer special guy? Will asked. Or significant other? Significant annoyance, in your case, Nico grumbled

The way to beat Luke, he said. If I'm right, it's the only way you'll stand a chance. I took a deep breath. Okay. I'm listening. Nico glanced inside my room. His eyebrows furrowed. Is that...is that blue birthday cake? He sounded hungry, maybe a little wistful. I wondered if the poor kid had ever had a birthday party, or if he'd ever even been invited to one. :Come inside for cake and ice cream, I said. It sounds like we've got a lot to talk about.

Laistry....I can't even say that. What would you call them in English? Canadians.

It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn't need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on—moving forward.

everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while.

He carried so much sadness and loneliness, so much heartache. Yet he put his mission first. He persevered. Reyna respected that. She understood that. She'd never been a touchy-feely person, but she had the strangest desire to drape her cloak over Nico's shoulders and tuck him in. She mentally chided herself. He was a comrade, not her little brother. He wouldn't appreciate the gesture.

At this point, you may be wondering how I felt seeing my son with Nico di Angelo. I'll admit I did not understand Will's attraction to a child of Hades, but if the dark foreboding type was what made Will happy… Oh perhaps some of you are wondering how I felt seeing him with a boyfriend rather than a girlfriend. If that's the case, please. We gods are not hung up about such things.

Dreams and death were old friends of his. He knew how to navigate their dark borderland.

Want to hit Leo? That is understandable Hunk muffin earned it

Don't judge someone until you've stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?

Still hiding, Cupid said, smashing another skeleton to pieces. You do not have the strength. Nico, Jason managed to say, it's okay. I get it. Nico glanced over, pain and misery washing across his face. No you don't, he said. There's no way you can understand. And so you run away again, Cupid chided. From your friends, from yourself.

Hermes gazed up at the stars. My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet- You invented the Internet? It was my idea , Martha said. Rats are delicious , George said. It was my idea! Hermes said. I mean the Internet, not the rats.

This did not seem to reassure Nico. "I don't like being in the dark," he muttered. An odd complaint for a child of Hades, but I understood what he meant.