Rick Riordan Quotes

This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or...""Repair boy.""Very funny, Piper.

Leo couldn't help smiling. "That could be fun.""Fun" she said unhappily."Blue elephants.""Blue elephants.""Kiss me you fool.""You fool.

I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited toschool for Career Day.

Five syllables, " Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad.

Right, " she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative.

Hmm…” Jason snapped his fingers. “I can call a friend for a ride.”Percy raised his eyebrows. “Oh, yeah? Me too. Let's see whose friend gets here first.

What are you talking about?" Narcissus demanded. "I am amazing. Everyone knows this.""Amazing at pure suck, " Leo said. "If I was as suck as you, I'd drown myself. Oh wait, you already did that.

Right, " Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

Down in the water, Octavian yelled, “Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!”“Tempting, ” Percy called down.

Leo, ” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”“Hazel, ” he said. “Do you trust me?”“No!”“Me neither, ” Leo admitted.

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.

Percy was getting tired of water.If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Poseidon’s Junior Sea Scouts, but he didn’t care.

Are you guys busy?" Juniper asked. "Well, " I said, "we're in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die." "We're not busy, " Annabeth said.

The Princess Andromeda?""Went ka-boom.

Ceres wanted a united front in the plant war.""The plant war, " Percy said. "You're going to arm all the little grapes with tiny assault rifles?

I past another telkhine, who was so startled he dropped his Lil' Demons lunch box. I left him alive - partly because he had a cool lunch box...

She led the way. Eyeless sockets of the dead seemed to stare at them as they passed. "These are cool, " Dan decided. "Maybe I could-""No, Dan, " Amy said. "You can't collect human bones.""Awww.

Holy mother!""Hmph. More like holy father. I'd think you'd know the difference."-Hephaetus

We were just looking at maps...

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!

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth, ” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?

So, ’ Nico said, ‘since we’re going to be spending at least a year seeing each other at camp, I think I should clear the air.’ Percy’s smile wavered. ‘What do you mean?

We’re fine.’ A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

He understood how dangerous oaths could be. But Leo didn't care. "I'm coming back for you, Calypso, " he said to the night wind. "I swear it on the River Styx.

Two farewell gifts, " Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life.

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

That's what makes heroes so special. You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal.

Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne.

Then Thalia Grace became their leader and started recruiting even more young women to their cause, which grated on Nico – as if Bianca’s death could be forgotten. As if she could be replaced.

Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually.

Dear Meg, " I said. "I can't be sure about Lityerses. But I think we must try. We only fail when we stop trying.

That’s us, ” he said. “Those five nuts right there.”Which one is me?” I asked.The little deformed one, ” Zoe suggested.Oh, shut up.

When I was alive, I mean the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We were at war.”“Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?

Otis, " I said."Shhh, " he said. "I'm incognito. Call me...Otis.""I'm not sure that's how incognito works, but okay."Otis, aka Otis climbed into the chair I'd reserved for Sam.

He'd gone from sixteen to seventy-five in a matter of seconds, but the old-man smell happened instantly, like boom. Congratulations! You stink!

Jason hated being an old man.

You are amazing, " she said. "And you make a very handsome elephant.

I try very hard to be annoying! Don't insult my ability to annoy!

Ever since my famous battle with Python, I've had a phobia of scaly reptilian creatures. (Especially if you include my stepmother, Hera. BOOM!)

When in doubt, " Calypso said, "Tater Tots.

Four different kinds of Tater Tots?" I felt overwhelmed by culinary confusion. "Why would anyone need so many? Chili. Sweet potato. Blue?

People don’t just appear on the beach unless they’re demigods or gods or really, really lost pizza delivery guys. (It’s happened—but that’s another story.)

He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing.

Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back.

Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up."You're cute when you're worried, " she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched toge

Jason’s heart lifted when he saw Nico di Angelo on the front lines with the Greeks, slashing his way through a crowd of two-headed men.

Too bad Jason wasn’t a metal automaton. At least then Leo would have some idea of how to help his best friend. But with humans … Leo felt helpless. They broke way too easily.

What I'm saying... I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary.

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.