“...the side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.”

“A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.”

“I thought I was getting better at this. I thought I was starting to make peace with being in love with a girl who despises me, but I don't think I'm so okay with it after all. Somewhere along the line I made a dark bargain with the universe without ever really being aware of it--a bargain that if I was allowed to see her, even if we never spoke, then I could live with that. And now a week without her has swallowed up all of my rational thinking. I feel like a junkie, sick for my next fix and not sure when it will come.”

“Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.”

“Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.”

“That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.”