“You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?""Yes," Percy said. "I declare this is stupid.”
“Now, come over here so I can pat you down.""But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure."He stood next to the armless statue. Terminus conducted a rigorous mental pat down."You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?""Yes," Percy said. "I declare that this is stupid.”
“Do you have anything to declare?' the statue asked me. 'Yes. I do have something to declare.' I said. 'I declare this is [dumb]”
“Humility is not just declaring that you are not God. It is deciding daily to not be God.”
“Remember when I said that thing about not doing anything stupid?”“Yes.”“You screwed up.”
“Do come now," said he..., "pray come, you must come, I declare you shall come.”