"Now don’t panic but there is a man - a very tall man - downstairs to see you."
- Skeeter’s mother, The Help
"It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians."
- The Name of This Book is Secret
"Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotions have led people to do all sorts of things they later regret-like, oh, throwing a book at someone else."
- The Name of This Book is Secret
"‘There!’ Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. ‘A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on the floor, whatever.’
Octavian read the scroll. ‘This says, ‘Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die’.’
‘Yes,’ Mars said. ‘Is that not clear?’
‘Well, my lord…usually prophecies are unclear. They’re wrapped in riddles. They rhyme, and…’
Mars casually popped another grenade off his belt. ‘Yes?’
‘The prophecy is clear!’ Octavian announced. ‘A quest!’"
- Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune