Olympus Texas Quotes

That's what happens when it snows in Texas lady. It. Freaking. Melts.

Thats what happens to Snow in Texas, lady. It freaking MELTS!!" Leo Valdez- The Lost Hero

See, lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It- freaking- melts.

Tell her I'm sorry I sold the diamond, eh?" Sammy said. "I broke my promise. When she disappeared in Alaska... ah, so long ago, I finally used that diamond, moved to Texas as I always dreamed. I started my machine shop. Started my family! It was a good life, but Haze; was right. The diamond came with a curse. I never saw her again." "Oh, Sammy," Hazel said. "No, a curse didn't keep me away. I wanted to come back. I died!" The old man didn't seem to hear. He smiled down at the baby, and kissed him on the head. "I give you my blessing, Leo. First male great-grandchild! I have a feeling you are special, like Hazel was. You are more than a regular baby, eh? You will carry on for me. You will see her someday. Tell her hello for me.

That's what happens to snow in texas lady. It. Freakin. Melts

See lady, that's what happens when it snows in Texas, it freaking melts.

When people define themselves in comparison to something else, they become that much more committed to never changing their minds about that something else.

Being family just means we don't have the safety of fences between us.

Her voice hit him like a cool breeze—like that first cold front in Texas when the summer heat finally breaks and you start to believe things might get better.

You could join me, son of Hephaestus," Khione said. "I know you find me beautiful. It would be enough for my plan if these two were to die. Reject that ridiculous destiny the fates have given you. Live and be my champion, instead. Your skills would be quite useful." Leo looked stunned. He glanced behind him, like Khione might be talking to somebody else. For a second Jason was worried. He figured Leo didn't have beautiful goddesses make him offers like this every day. Then Leo laughed so hard, he doubled over. "Yeah, join you. Right. Until you get bored with me and turn me into a leosicle? Lady, nobody messes with my dragon and gets away with it. I can't believe I thought you were hot." "Khione's face turned red. "Hot? You dare insult me? I am cold, Leo Valdez. Very, very cold." She shot a blast of wintry sleet at the demigods, but Leo held up his hand. A wall of fire roared to life in front of them, and the snow dissolved into a steamy cloud. Leo grinned. "See, lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It-freaking-melts.

Our reactions to most things are muddier than we admit. Yours don't have to be all good or all evil. They just are what they are. [Cole Doherty, to June Briscoe]

See Lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It melts! -Leo Valdez

Their home, though full of love—for he did truly love his son, his daughter, and most certainly his wife—was not a comfort. It felt, at times, like a thing to be endured, and when we endure things, we start believing that we deserve a reward for that endurance.

June has always been wrong in her assumptions about love--so wrong, in fact, that at this point she should assume the opposite of what she believes and then be right for once in her life. The most ridiculous, looking back, was her assumption that true love bestowed a contentment that blotted out all else. June blamed her assumption on the books she had read from ages ten to sixteen, even though she could blame herself for not noticing what the books showed bore no resemblance to her firsthand experience of matrimony, her parents. June had figured the problems lay in her parents as human beings and not some defect of love. She hadn't yet learned that since love was the creation of two people, and people were always defective in one way or another, then the love itself was necessarily flawed. She knew that now, definitively.

Leo grinned. “See, lady, that’s what happens to snow in Texas. It—freaking—melts.

See, lady, that’s what happens to snow in Texas. It—freaking—melts.” Khione hissed. “Enough of this.

Being family just means we don’t have the safety of fences between us.

That's what happens when it snows in Texas, lady. It. Freaking. Melts.

Raised poor by a single mother, she knew the things she wanted, made sure to only want attainable things.

See, lady, that’s what happens to snow in Texas. It—freaking—melts.

See, lady, that’s what happens to snow in Texas. It – freaking – melts.

If romantic love contained so much foolishness, waste, and want, why seek it out? It seemed a natural disaster on par with a hurricane--one would deal with it only if evacuation proved impossible.

They smiled at each other, and Artie didn't so much recognize her attraction to this man [Ryan Barry] as recognize that she felt like a solid that had suddenly become liquid.

He [March Briscoe] had been so preoccupied with his inability to control himself, he hadn't realize that even when you controlled yourself, you couldn't control other people.

...those absent can feel more present, do more damage, than any warm body in the room.

It's much easier to break a thing that has already been broken once. Mending rarely makes it stronger.

Vera always expected bad news; it was a trait they [Vera and Hap Briscoe] shared, the pessimism of people who have had their full share. Your mother's lost her job, your father's child support payment is late, your crazy brother has knocked out the principal's son, your mother is not speaking to your father again. Pessimism wasn't a negative trait for them. It was a way to consistently feel happier, each mediocre event a triumph over potential calamity.

[Cole Doherty] 'You're asking the wrong person. I don't believe unconditional love is a human emotion.' 'Really?' June [Briscoe] tends to believe this, too, but she's never said it out loud. 'Strongest drive in any mammal, and I limit it to mammals just because they're my area of specialized knowledge, is to avoid pain. It takes a lot to overcome that. But people, and animals, they do it all the time. They put themselves in mortal danger to save their children. But emotional pain is different. If your love is getting pushed back at you, that unconditional river of it, you can avoid the pain so easily by draining out the water.

She shot a blast of wintry sleet at the demigods, but Leo held up his hand. A wall of fire roared to life in front of them, and the snow dissolved in a steamy cloud. Leo grinned. “See, lady, that’s what happens to snow in Texas. It—freaking—melts.

She had shown him that fate wasn't just a thing that wrecked plans. It could dispense good as easily as bad.

How had he not understood before that having a child with another person opens you up to a vulnerability that only the ignorant or foolish would enter into? Or those in love, close to the same thing.