Quotes About Perception

Together we made our way down to the street level. Neither of us said a word. The music was awful--Neil Diamond or something. I should've made that part of my gift form the gods: better elevator tunes.

Nico didn't respond. He'd never had anyone talk to him this openly before, except maybe for Hazel. He felt like he was watching a flock of birds settle on a field. One loud sound might startle them away.

I heard a little girl shout: "Chicken man, get the moose!" You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?

My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine.

Percy, explaining things to you is like lecturing a gerbil.

People liked to be seen, even if it's by the cold, cruel eyes of fate.

Carter got jeans, boots, and a T-shirt that read Property of Alexandria University in English and Arabic. Clearly, even personal shoppers had him pegged as a complete geek.

Meg peered at me over the top of her glasses. "You're the dumbest god ever

Don't mind Mallory. She's a sweetheart, once you get past the fact that she's a horrible person.

I concentrated hard and snapped my fingers. You don't see the sword, I told the girl. It's just a ballpoint pen. She blinked. Um . . . no. It's a sword, weirdo.

Percy (talking about Annabeth):I found myself staring at her, which was stupid since I'd seen her a billion times. Still, she seemed so much more mature. It was kind of intimidating. I mean, sure, she'd always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful.

The older you are, the harder it is to accept that the world might not be the way you thought it was.

Even if she were going crazy, she didn't want to look like she was going crazy.

The Titans looked on humans the way we might look on gerbils. Some Titans thought humans were kind of cute, though they died awfully quick and didn't serve any purpose. Other Titans thought they were repulsive rodents. Some Titans didn't pay them any attention at all. As for the humans, they mostly just cowered in their caves and scurried around trying not to get stepped on.

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.

You can't read ancient Greek?" I asked. "And you can't tell a strawberry from a yam," she retorted.

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say tell the truth, and when you do, they don't believe you. What's the point? - Sadie Carter (Red Pyramid)

We watched Alex walking away. What just happened? I asked him. There are no words for it in sign language, he said.

Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality.

I hold up two fingers. 'How many fingers?' He squints. 'Twenty-five?' 'Yeah, you'll be fine.

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.

Despite the elder-hippie vibe, she was so attractive that I assumed we must be related.

The only difference between a satyr and a faun," I said, "is what we see in them. And what they see in themselves. Plant this tree somewhere special." I looked up at the dryads. "Tend it and make it grow healthy and tall. This was Don the faun, a hero.

The next millisecond demonstrated how much faster I can think than react. First I thought Blitzen had spotted an actual duck. Blitzen likes ducks. Then I realized he was telling me to get down, which is hard to do when you're the last in a line of three people on horseback.