THE LIGHTNING THIEF MUSICAL SENTENCE STARTERS
PROLOGUE/THE DAY I GOT EXPELLED
- “you never listen to me!”
- “it mostly gets you killed in very nasty ways.”
- “i’m less a player and more the played.”
- “honestly i’d totally be fine if i could make it to the next grade.”
- “is it me, or is greek mythology not deeply weird?”
- “she’s a monster! not literally. i don’t think.”
- “dude. i’m your only friend.”
- “hey, don’t talk about my mom.”
- “you think i’m trouble. just like everyone else.”
STRONG
- “i can’t tell you all my secrets.”
- “we’re better off without him.”
- “yeah, he sounds like a real winner.”
- “was he a screw up too?”
- “normal is a myth.”
- “the things that make you different are the very things that make you strong.”
- “the only thing i seemed destined for is detention.”
THE MINOTAUR/THE WEIRDEST DREAM
- “when i say run… run.”
- “don’t pass out! don’t pass out! don’t pass out!”
- “this is weird, but a good weird.”
- “you drool when you sleep.”
ANOTHER TERRIBLE DAY
- “it means a lot more paperwork for me.”
- “of course, being alive is temporary.”
- “this is way out of my pay grade—which is saying a lot, because i don’t get paid.”
- “well, technically i am cursed.”
- “yeah, and i half-care.”
- “the best thing is to break up with the guy!”
- “i don’t have time to fill you in on all the details.”
- “you can hate it here but i hated it first.”
THEIR SIGN
- “it wasn’t a dream? she’s really gone?”
- “you mustn’t blame yourself.”
- “we’ll help you adjust.”
- “he’s got a lot to answer for.”
- “the guy didn’t need to be ‘dad of the year’.”
- “it could be… that is to say, the prophecies suggest…”
- “no one can blame you for holding a grudge.”
- “welcome to the dysfunctional family.”
PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE
- “prepare to be pulverized, newbie!”
- “it’s gonna be bloody murder she wrote.”
- “i’ll put you in your place!”
- “you losers are a total drag.”
- “stay there. it’s your first day. we don’t want you messing this up.”
- “heard you were tough—but you don’t look it.”
- “you got some issue with me, it’s pretty clear.”
THE CAMPFIRE SONG
- “is the food here really that bad?”
- “offering to the gods. it’s not enough that they’re omnipotent and all-powerful. they need to feel appreciated.”
- “i met the guy once, and once was enough.”
- “i ran away.”
- “no one has seen him for thousands of years.”
- “i’ll bring home a boy and she’s there in her nightie.”
- “if i tried to sing, it’d probably cause an avalanche.”
- “too bad he’s the worst and my life is a mess.”
THE ORACLE
- “i have a destiny?”
- “you shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend.”
GOOD KID
- “everything i ever do is wrong.”
- “i keep my head down, i keep my chin up, but it ends up all the same.”
- “guess i’m good for nothing at all.”
- “the only family that really mattered? well she vanished.”
- “i never mean to hurt anyone.”
- “no one ever tells me that they’re proud.”
- “all i need is one last chance to prove i’m good enough for someone.”
KILLER QUEST
- “so what if no one’s come back from the underworld? i’ll be the first.”
- “i can’t ask you to come.”
- “if you’re going to save the world, i’m the best person to keep you from messing it up.”
- “i’m needed here, but how about something for the road?”
LOST!
- “is the whole trip going to be like this?”
- “all our food was in there!”
- “it’s not safe to stay out here in the open.”
- “i don’t smell.”
- “well, i don’t wanna die in the garden state!”
- “i’m not saying sorry to a squirrel.”
- “i think the gods are trying to tell me they hate me.”
MY GRAND PLAN
- “‘smart girl’ only gets a girl so far.”
- “someday soon someone will notice me.”
- “most girls never win if they’re polite.”
- “the best thing you can do is run away.”
- “i’ll never be invisible again.”
DRIVE
- “look how far we’ve come, we can’t give in.”
- “people are counting on us, and i’m counting on you.”
- “aw, is that a chihuahua?”
- “whoa, whoa, whoa—why are we fighting?”
- “relax! i come in peace.”
- “tonight, we need a place to sleep.”
THE WEIRDEST DREAM (REPRISE)
- “this is… scary.”
- “everything is unfolding as i—as we planned.”
- “sacrifice is necessary to remake the world.”
THE TREE ON THE HILL
- “i should’ve told you, but i—i thought that if i did, you’d never want me on this quest.”
- “maybe if i’d been a little bit braver…”
- “‘maybe’ doesn’t make it alright.”
- “we only survived because she stayed to hold off the monsters. she paid for her sacrifice with her life.”
D.O.A.
- “you ain’t getting out.”
- “who do you feel like listening to?”
- “you’re dead!”
SON OF POSEIDON
- “everything i try to do will fail.”
- “maybe he did the best that he could do…”
- “hey, that’s life, and life ain’t fair.”
- “i’ll come back for you, i promise.”
- “we were set up. and i think i know who did the setting.”
- “let the slugfest begin!”
THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER
- “what do you do when the battle’s won?”
- “stay or go: pick one.”
- “there’s something left i still need to find.”
- “sometimes family is worth the trouble. believe me.”
- “i’ve barely seen you since i got back. you avoiding me?”
- “time someone put them in their place.”
- “it’s about wiping them out and taking our turn.”
- “i don’t care if i hurt anyone.”
BRING ON THE MONSTERS
- “there still might be a war.”
- “are we ever gonna once have it easy?”
- “i’ll make mistakes, but my own, and it frees me.”
- “if you’re looking for trouble, then count me in.”
- “you’ll see me again.”
- “i’ll be back next summer.”