All Quotes By Tag: Athena

“That’s nice. I like that. You’re sure you’re not the god of wisdom?”“I applied for the job,” I said, “but they gave it to someone else. Something about inventing olives.” I rolled my eyes.”

“People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn’t explain how. She didn’t really want to know.”

“Can you surf really well, then?”I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.”Jeez, Nico,” I said. “I’ve never really tried.”He went on asking questions. Did I fight a lot with Thalia, since she was a daughter of Zeus? (I didn’t answer that one.) If Annabeth’s mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn’t Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff? (I tried not to strangle Nico for asking that one.) Was Annabeth my girlfriend? (At this point, I was ready to stick the kid in a meat-flavored sack and throw him to the wolves.)”