“she counted out five sweets and put them on a saucer. Then she went and put them on the ledge in the cliff to cheer him up.”

“The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words.”

“Livia covered his hand with her own and moved it down to her mouth. She put a sweet kiss in the center of his palm. His beautiful hands went through all this trouble for me.Blake’s eyes flared with desire, making them look greener.”

“But she went and fetched some marigolds from her own little garden, and put them in a vase on the chest of drawers, for she knew there was lots of room for love, even if there was not much for great-aunties.”

“I won’t put up with a woman who tries to put me down. But I might put out if she lets me put it in.”

“Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him in. Nor was she eager to let Percy out of her sight again—not after they’d been apart for so many months.”