User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-4519810-20121005230925/@comment-4918650-20121006181754

My FAV parts of MoA:

"Then we're good!" Leo grinned over the top of his pinwheel. "Because we're all crazy, right? Besides, the Argo II is a top-of-the-line warship. She'll get us through."

Octavian snorted. "Which means we now have three praetors! The rules clearly state we can only have two!" "On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up." Octavian turned as purple as a Roman T-shirt. Jason gave Percy a fist bump.

"Yeah." Percy smiled. "We've got a dam hole." "What?" Piper asked. "Nothing," he said. "Inside joke."

"Blue elephants." "Blue elephants. "Kiss me, you fool." "You fool."

"Hello," Piper said. Always a good start. " "what's up?" Hercules said.

He squinted at it. "What is --?" "Chinese handcuffs," Percy said. Frank, who was Chinese Canadian, looked offended. "How is this Chinese?"