I told them all in brief what had happened, with Meg occasionally adding helpful comments like, "He was stupid," and, "He was more stupid," and "He did good; then he got stupid again.

He was dressed just like on TV, with lots of silver chains and bracelets, ripped jeans, and a black muscle shirt (Which was kind of stupid, since he didn't have any muscles).

You mean zodiac signs? I'm a Leo."-"No stupid, I'm a Leo, you're a Percy.

You mean zodiac signs? I'm a Leo."-"No stupid you're a Percy, I'm a Leo.

As for me, I did the stupidest thing in my life, which is saying a lot. I attacked the Titan Lord Atlas.

After all the dangerous adventures I'd had, I couldn't die like this. Sadie would be devastated. Then, once she got over her grief, she'd track down my soul in the Egyptian afterlife and tease me mercilessly for how stupid I'd been.

It's natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not...

Once I saw Desjardins’ house, I hated him even more. It was a huge mansion on the other side of the Tuileries, on the rue des Pyramids. “Pyramids Road?” Sadie said. “Obvious, much?” “Maybe he couldn’t find a place on Stupid Evil Magician Street,” I suggested.

The world will fall, the gods will die, and I will never achieve a perfect score on this stupid machine. -Dionysus