In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day

You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush

You’re a warrior. Octavian is a talker. Put him in front of the senate, and suddenly he becomes the powerful one.