Rick Riordan Quotes

Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.

He just raised the dead with coke and cheeseburgers

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?

Your lifeline...oh, the burning stick. Right." Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: BWAH HA HA!

New lesson, class. Most monsters will vaporize when sliced with a celestial bronze sword. This change is perfectly normal, and will happen to you right now if you don't BACK OFF!" - Percy

Why would Roman gods want to date Chinese Canadians?

All I heard was the blood rushing through my ears, and the distant rumble and crackle of the Lake of Fire. (And Khufu scratching himself and grunting, but that was nothing new.)

Well . . . sure good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror. Oh, look. It's our floor.

Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy "Percy... Chiron's collection!

I excel at pulling strings!” said Arachne. “I’m a spider!

Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.

We speak with one voice,” Walt said. “Especially on this matter. No one hurts Sadie Kane.

I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut.

If you don't like it you can kiss my quiver

I tried very hard. But I can't help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.

I didn't understand how. But the toilets had responded to me. I had become one with the plumbing.

I turned to Annabeth and shook my head in exasperation. “Always Hercules. What is it with Hercules?” Annabeth shrugged. “He had a great publicist.

If I'm going to burn, it might as well be bright.

Yes,' she said. 'The Great Prophecy has begun.' Pandemonium broke out.

But not like this: not with the house just an afterimage, and my mom a spirit, and my dad...recycled." "Carter Kane, Chapter 41

Oh, obviously,” Reyna said. “Without you, I doubt Percy could find his way out of a paper bag.” “True,” Annabeth agreed.

Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction Ella said

We can’t make a portal—” “We’ve got a flying boat,” Carter offered.

Oh you two look delicious," Bast said, licking her lips. "No, no-er, I mean wonderful. Now, off you go!

You dropped this," he said, totally poker-faced.

Dreams like podcast. Downloading truth in my ears. They tell me cool stuff.

The bridge fell away into the chasm, and the Cyclops howled ... with delight, because he was standing right next to us.

The whole campfire idea freaked Piper out. It made her think of that huge purple bonfire in the dreams, and her father tied to a stake. What she got instead was almost as terrifying: a sing-along.

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.

I survive all those battles," she growled, "and I get defeated by a stupid chunk of rock!

Hey, moose!” I screamed. The Set animal locked its glowing eyes one me. Well done! Horus said. Now we’ll both die with honor! Shut up, I thought.

You..." The centaur's eyes flared like a cornered animal's. "You should be dead.

Always, Always have a plan

Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?

She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.

I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters.

Does truth have a moral?

It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.

It's useless to lecture a human.

Imagine jumping into a pit of boiling acid. Now multiply that pain times fifty." -Percy

Leo had seen Tia Callida in action; she liked knives, snakes and putting babies in roaring fires. Yeah, definitely let's unleash her rage. Great idea.

Oh, lord. I was beginning to think like Neith. Soon I'd be huddled in an underground bunker eating army rations and cackling as I sewed together the pockets of all the boys who'd jilted me.

I was wishing I'd bought some of that Camp Half Blood orange thermal underwear..." ?!?!

She decided she'd rather die in some less memorable way- maybe falling down the stairs, or going peacefully in her sleep at the age eighty, after a nice quiet life with Percy.Yes, that sounded good.

A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada.

"All roads lead there child. You should know that." "Detention?"

Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in the nineteen eighties-" "He mentioned it!" one of the ghosts whimpered.

Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater.

There were a lot of answers I might've given, from "I knew that" to "LIAR!" to "Yeah right, and I'm Zeus." - Percy, after Quintus says that he is Daedalus

Who are you and why are you my cat?