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Mrs. Dodds is a Fury who poses as a math teacher at Yancy Academy for part of the school year. She torments Percy every chance she gets by assigning him detention and failing him on tests. She later assumes her monstrous appearance during a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she attempts to attack Percy—but Percy instinctively slays her with Mr. Brunner’s help (Mr. Brunner tosses Percy the pen that turns into Poseidon’s Riptide sword). Being a monster, Mrs. Dodds isn’t dead after this: she comes alive again, and along with the other two Furies, she torments Percy several more times over the course of his quest.
Mrs. Dodds Quotes in The Lightning Thief
The The Lightning Thief quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Dodds or refer to Mrs. Dodds. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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I have moments like that a lot, when my brain falls asleep or something, and the next thing I know I’ve missed something, as if a puzzle piece fell out of the universe and left me staring at the blank place behind it. The school counselor told me this was part of the ADHD, my brain misinterpreting things.
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Chapter 20
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The middle Fury, the one who had been Mrs. Dodds, stepped forward. Her fangs were bared, but for once she didn’t look threatening. She looked more disappointed, as if she’d been planning to have me for supper, but had decided I might give her indigestion.
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Mrs. Dodds Quotes in The Lightning Thief
The The Lightning Thief quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Dodds or refer to Mrs. Dodds. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
I have moments like that a lot, when my brain falls asleep or something, and the next thing I know I’ve missed something, as if a puzzle piece fell out of the universe and left me staring at the blank place behind it. The school counselor told me this was part of the ADHD, my brain misinterpreting things.
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Chapter 20
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The middle Fury, the one who had been Mrs. Dodds, stepped forward. Her fangs were bared, but for once she didn’t look threatening. She looked more disappointed, as if she’d been planning to have me for supper, but had decided I might give her indigestion.
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