“The real world is where the monsters are.”

“Monsters,' her dad said, a tear tracing his cheek. 'I live in a world of monsters.”

“But how did you know where we were?" Annabeth asked.Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.”

“Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.”

“Daddy will explain. Come, he is blowing up monsters.”

“everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while.”

“Texting, even browsing the Internet - all these things can attract monsters.”