Rick Riordan Quotes

Don't underestimate Camp Half-Blood.

Well," said Apollo with a brave smile. "You were right, my dear. You had everything under control! Let's go see if we boiled anyone important, shall 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?

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?

Eating next to a twenty-foot-long crocodile took some getting used to, but Philip was well trained. He only ate bacon, stray waterfowl, and the occasional invading monster.

Dejardins was so stunned, he momentarily forgot how to speak English. "Ce n'est pas possible. On ne pourrait pas-

They're not so bad. They just need some attention. ...Like pets. Or my brother.

If somebody offers you Hapi pills, just say no!

Hazel!” he yelled. “That box! Open it!” She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te label read WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. “Open it!” Leo yelled again.

Monsters don't die. They just dissipate into smoke and dust, which saves heroes a lot of trouble cleaning up after a fight.

She sacrificed her life to make things right," Mitchell grumbled. "She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero

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

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

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

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.

You can't call a ninja lord dweeb.

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

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!

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

But (Peresphone) was like, the goddess of flowers." Grover looked offended. "Springtime.

She often had to remind herself that she couldn't do everything alone. She wasn't always the best person for the job. Sometimes she got tunnel vision and forgot about what other people needed.

Hope," Frank grumbled. "I'd rather have a few good weasels.

I suppose with so many things suddenly getting better, the things that were still missing hurt even worse.

A ruby-encrusted orb popped its top and helicopter blades unfolded. Leo was glad Buford the table wasn't here-he would've fallen in love.

Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.

Yay!” Tyson went around the couches and gave everyone a big hug—even Octavian, who didn't look thrilled about it.

True success requires sacrifice.

Many of the best traps are simple. You just have to think about it, and hope your victim doesn't.

Never seen Jason fly before," Percy grumbled. "He looks like a blond Superman

sorry,no thanks,if i was going to die it could wait until tomorrow morning.

Her perfume was a mixture of roses and tear gas.

Met them. Killed them. Got the T-shirt.

The more you know, the more you try to change them, and that can be disastrous.

If I were a flowerpot, I would've checked my hair. ~Carter Kane

The eidolons started pounding on the door. 'Who is it?' Leo called. 'Valdez!' 'Valdez who?

Coach Hedge grumbled as he tended their wounds. “How come I never get invited on these violent trips?

Alabaster, you told me earlier that heroes don't die. You may be right, but I can tell you one thing." Claymore looked the boy in the eyes. "I'm not a hero.

Stand your ground!" Stheno yelled. "I've got free samples!

Pizza! Hockey! Destroy!" -Cal

Die human, DIE!! Die nasty polluting person!!!!' yelled Grover. I turned him so he faced me. He kept on clicking his plastic gun towards me as if I was part of the game.

But this plan of yous!' Tawaret shuddered, causing a tsunami of jiggling hippo flesh.

Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. Sadly, he’d had a lot of practice.

You, sir, are a ray of sunshine. -Percy Jackson

I concentrated hard and snapped my fingers. "You don't see the sword," I told the girl. "It's just a ballpoint pen." She blinked. "Um . . . no. It's a sword, weirdo.

Frank gave Leo a confused smile- like he couldn't decide whether to gloat or to thank Leo for being a doofus- but he cheerfully let Hazel drag him along.

I have some extra costumes-" "No!" Ephialtes snapped, and for once Percy was in agreement.

Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late. ~Carter Kane

My stomach churned. The monster had mimicked Thalia perfectly. If I'd heard that voice in the dark, calling for help, I would've run straight toward it.

Everything happens for a reason, Sadie, even bad things.

Great. I've made a friend.