Quotes About Perspective

Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are

Holy mother! Hmph. More like holy father. I'd think you'd know the difference. -Hephaetus

Nico studied his face – his sea-green eyes, his grin, his ruffled black hair. Somehow Percy Jackson seemed like a regular guy now, not a mythical figure. Not someone to idolize or crush on.

Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.

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

that's me. ancient history. [Poseidon to Paul]

I wake up every morning and think: You know what would be good today? Not dying.

Don't you ever feel that way? Like you could do a better job if you rqan the world?' 'Um... no. Me running the world would be kind of a nightmare.

Such is human memory... you forget the truth and believe what makes you feel better.

Swords can't solve every problem.

Nobody welcomes a war - not if they're smart. But war finds everyone sooner or later. It's inevitable.

Don't get starry-eyed about somebody you can't have, especially if it blinds you to somebody who's really important.

If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron wouldn't let us call the place the Poop Pile, especially after it had been named for Zeus, who doesn't have much of a sense of humor.

Complaining of unfairness is like assigning blame, Percy Jackson. It does no one any good.

Calm down, Horus said. Don't tell me to calm down! Bast frowned. I didn't. Talking to him! I pointed at my forehead.

Besides, you're a cat. It's your nature to think you're the center of the universe.

Contrary to what you might think, I don't spend every waking hour thinking about boys. Just most waking hours?

The only thing they had in common was Calypso, and every time Leo thought about that he wanted to punch Percy in the face.

It doesn't matter! From waist down, my best friend is a donkey.....

It always disappointed me when mortals put themselves first and failed to see the big picture—the importance of putting me first

Why would Roman gods want to date Chinese Canadians?

She often had to remind herself that she couldn't do everything alone. She wasn't always the best person for the job. Sometimes she got tunnel vision and forgot about what other people needed.

But Annabeth knew that people saw what they wanted to see. They didn't need the Mist to warp their perceptions.

I need to talk to Clarisse, Annabeth said. I stared at her as if she'd just said I need to eat a large, smelly boot. What for?