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1 " Hermes, we love you," Hades said, "but you rarely do as you're told, and you always do as you wish, and I haven't the slightest idea what you'd do with an immortality fruit, but I'm sure it would be both creative and disastrous. "
― Molly Ringle , Underworld's Daughter (The Chrysomelia Stories, #2)
2 " You're welcome to as much wine as you can drink, Ares."...[Ares] watched two bare-breasted women stroll by. "Am I welcome to your worshippers as well?""If they'll have you. Force yourself on anyone, though, and the cat gets to gnaw on your anatomy." Dionysos nodded to Agria, who prowled around the crowd. "Those are the rules."Ares smirked. ... "No problem there. I'm very persuasive."Hermes shook his head at Dionysos and mouthed in comical exaggeration, *No, he's not.* "
3 " Hekate smacked the mirror down. "I'd never fancy you," she retorted to Hermes. "And if you ever try to kiss me, I'll--I'll keep a snake hidden in my clothes and make it bite you. On the lips. And on both ears.""See, your threats are still age twelve," Hermes said. "I'll help you work on that. "
4 " No, her I brought back because..." Niko lifted his chin toward the moon. "She's magical.""I get that, if by 'magical' you mean 'hot.'""I also mean magical. "
5 " She just kept staring at her," she lamented. "Like I wasn't even there."..."The trouble with lesbian love triangles is you can't tell which 'she' and which 'her' we're talking about. "
6 " A freezing cold underground river. A dark cave lit by ghosts. A man too stupid to realize you loved him. This is what you want?""All of it. Especially the very stupid man. "