"You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought."

"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!"

"If I could make anything disappear, it would be hate."

"Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does."

"I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control."

"On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear."