Rick Riordan Quotes

Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!

Please, Percy...change your clothes. You smell like you've been run over by an electric horse.

Maybe it's okay to still be a kid every once in a while.

Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.

I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing.

But Grover’s voice was already growing fainter. ‘Sweet dreams. Don’t let me die!

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.

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.

You're pretty smug, Lord Ares, for a guy who runs from Cupid statues.

And I was holding someone who was destined to be my best friend, or possibly my worst enemy.

I hoped I wasn't blushing. It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles.

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.

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

Fish Ponies! I put them on the ceiling!" -Tyson

There's no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.

Great, I thought. We just blowtorched a national monument.

The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle.

He was dressed just like on TV, with lots of silver chains and bracelets, ripped jeans, and a black muscle shirt (Which was kind of stupid, since he didn't have any muscles).

Your head is full of kelp.

There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties. If you ever get a choice go for the Olympian.

Terminus sniffed. “I guard borders. I don’t kill giants. It’s not in my job description.

People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn't explain how. She didn't really want to know.

Leo grabbed the neasrest thing he could find- a Porta-Potty seat- and threw it at the face. Leve me alone!

Sure, sis!' Then he raised his hands in a stop everything gesture. 'I feel a haiku coming on.

If you're heading downtown from Centeral Park, my advice is to take the subway. Flying pigs are faster but way more dangerous

Oh, Hazel is awesome," Don Said. "She's so nice! All the other campers are like 'Go away Don.' But she's like 'Please go away, Don.' I love her!

The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head.

I am your friend Bob!

You can't call a ninja lord dweeb.

I wondered if she'd ever written on her notebook: GEB + NUT = TRUE LOVE or MRS GEB.

When he woke, daylight was coming through the glass floor, and a boy's voice said, "Oh...You are in so much trouble.

Piper, you’re the strongest, most powerful beauty queen I’ve ever met. You can trust yourself. For what it’s worth, you can trust me too.

I found that things weren't going well upstairs. Carter was a crumpled heap of chicken warrior on the slope of the pyramid.

What? You run? Coward! Stand still and die!” Percy had no intention of doing that.

Ella is nervous,” the harpy muttered from her perch on the railing. “The elephant. The elephant is watching Ella.

Perseus, you are not the hero.

And in the fountain squatted a giant crab. I’m not talking ‘giant’ like $7.99 all-you-can-eat Alaskan king crab. I’m talking ‘giant’ like bigger than the fountain.

Most problems look worse than they are. nothing is unfixable.

So, great. This is Camp…what do you call it? Camp Fish-Blood?” Aphros frowned. “I hope that was a joke. This is Camp __________.” He made a sound that was a series of sonar pings and hisses.

So, if I looked him up on google maps-

The most important thing whenever we're connecting kids to books, is that we try to match the book to the kid and make sure that reading is a fun, rewarding experience outside the classroom.

Big brothers are the ones who are supposed to pull their punches. Little sisters—well, we should be able to hit as hard as we like, shouldn’t we?

That’s right, Sadie. For our first real date, I picked up Zia in a boat pulled by a deranged griffin. So what? Like your dates aren’t weird?

A weapon, I told Horus. I need a weapon. I reached into the Duat and pulled out an ostrich feather. “Really?” I yelled. Horus didn’t answer