“I should and can play better. That is going to be the challenge for me.”

“At the end of the day, it's a series of individual challenges played out against a team defense. It's a psersonal test every time I step into the batter's box: Can I do better than the last time? And that's why I love it.”

“Fate was playing my hand for me and for once in my life I knew better than not to go ahead and let it.”

“In a world that cheated me,why should I play fair?”

“We should go straight west. The prophecy said west.""Oh, like your tracking skills are better?" Thalia growled.Zoe stepped toward her. "You challenge my skills, you scullion? You know nothing of being a Hunter!""Oh, scullion. You're calling me a scullion? What the heck is a scullion?”

“You believe this is a game, and you may be right. But if you think you can play it better than me, think again.”