Rick Riordan Quotes

And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.

Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.

She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her.

Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are

You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan

Percy blinked. “So your brother is a winged horse. But you’re also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in the world are my…You know what? Lets’ forget it.

I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination.

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and not give up. You have to do your best to practice and get better.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star.

He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park.

Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.

everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while.

We had enough quite enough snobbery in this world without exporting it to the hereafter.

Water liked to be free. Given time, water could overcome any barrier, and it hated to be trapped, just like Percy.

My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until they’re dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary. It worked against Set.

She deserved at least one person who saw her and knew how good she was.

No more Lastrygonians.” Ella fluttered down and landed next to them. “Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction, yep.

I pulled out Riptide.

Nico started to crawl away, groaning. Percy wanted him to move faster and groan less. He considered throwing his wonder bread at him.

I've found peace here at the co-op. You could stay with us, if you want. Become a ROFLcopter.

My mother was gone. The whole world should be black and cold. Nothing should look beautiful.

I was wondering how you got all that out of a single moooooo

As for me, I did the stupidest thing in my life, which is saying a lot. I attacked the Titan Lord Atlas.

You'd think getting chopped into a million pieces and cast into the darkest part of the Underworld would give him a subtle clue that nobody wanted him around.

Now, leave." All three boys slumped forward. Percy fell face-first into his pizza. "Percy!" Annabeth grabbed him.

hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope he is just bluffing.

Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate

I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

The dead aren't scary. They are just sad.

They [Percy and Annabeth] held the Doors shut as the elevator shuddered and the music played, while somewhere below them, a Titan and a giant sacrificed their lives for their escape.

Her secret fear? Maybe she didn't tried hard enough.

She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard.

She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts.

I haven't devoured a soul in...What month is this? March?

I said hello to the poodle.

It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.

Their goal was in sight. They had a Titan with a very loud kitten on their side. That had to count for something.

Hope does not leave without being given permission.

It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn’t need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on—moving forward.

That's it, cupcake. You're going down.

Stop!" he yelled at the others. "Multigrain fighting is not allowed!

Seriously, who curses you with their dying breath and says, I hope your eye twitches!

You Titans are about as bright as my gym socks.

If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.

So Beckendorf was pretty popular?" Leo asked. "I mean-before he blew up?

Swords can’t solve every problem.

Kids are baby goats. They're cute and they have redeeming social value. You are definitely not kids.

Different elevator music was playing since my last visit-that old disco song "Stayin' Alive." A terrifying image flashed through my mind of Apollo in bell-bottom pants and a slinky silk shirt.