“Genius does not excuse evil.”

“Please excuse Jason from eternal damnation. He has had amnesia.”

“Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt."You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth.”

“Now the tattoos," Zia announced."Brilliant!" I said."On your tongue," she added."Excuse me?”

“I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.”

“Are you the cursed kid Nemesis mentioned?" Leo asked. "But you're a girl." "You're a girl," said the girl."Excuse me?”

“Yes I remember my sixteenth." Vitellius said "Wonderful omen! Happily chicken in my underpants.""Excuse me.”