Quotes from Rick Riordan

Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.

Dude! said a party pony as he unloaded his gear. Did you see that bear guy? He was all like: 'Whoa, I have an arrow in my mouth!

The first time Calypso came to check on [Leo], it was to complain about the noise. "Smoke and fire," she said. "Clanging on metal all day long. You're scaring away the birds!" "Oh, no, not the birds!

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

Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp…" She looked at Zoe. "Which one was it?" That boy in Colorado," Zoe said. "You turned him into a jackalope." Ah, yes." Artemis nodded, satisfied. "I enjoy making jackalopes…

She wanted me to betray you guys, and I was like, 'Pfft, right, I'm gonna listen to a face in the potty sludge'.

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

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

Gabe scratched his double chin. Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game. Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week.

Aphrodite," [Annabeth] said. "Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement. "Mom," Piper said with no enthusiasm. "Girls!" The goddess spread her arms like she wanted a group hug. The three demigods did not oblige. Hazel backed into a palmetto tree.

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.

He'd changed since the last summer. Instead of Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather loafers. His sandy hair, which used to be so unruly, was now clipped short. He look like an evil male model, showing off what the fashionable college-age villain was wearing to Harvard this year.

Sugar and caffeine. My willpower crumbled.

You will suffer, son of Hades!' What else is new? Nico thought.

Apollo?" I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred." A god named Fred?

Cool Leo said. I always wanted a sister who could beat me up.

Annabeth:My fatal flaw. That's what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris. Percy: the brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? Annabeth:No, Seaweed Brain. That's HUMMUS. hubris is worse. Percy: what could be worse than hummus? Annabeth: Hubris means deadly pride, Percy. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else... Even the gods.

You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!

I looked at Thalia. You're afraid of heights. Now that we were safely down the mountain, her eyes had their usual angry look. Don't be stupid. That explains why you freaked out on Apollo's bus. Why you didn't want to talk about it. She took a deep breath. Then she brushed the pine needles out of her hair. If you tell anyone, I swear— No, no, I said. That's cool. It's just… the daughter of Zeus, the Lord of the Sky, afraid of heights?

Thunder boomed overhead. Lightning flashed, and the bars on the nearest window burst into sizzling, melted stubs of iron. Jason flew in like Peter Pan, electricity sparking around him and his gold sword steaming. Leo whistled appreciatively. "Man, you just wasted an awesome entrance." Jason frowned. He noticed the hog-tied Kerkopes. "What the—" "All by myself," Leo said. "I'm special that way.

Little sister! Apollo called. If his teeth were any whiter he could've blinded us without the sun car. What's up? You never call. You never write. I was getting worried! Artemis sighed. I'm fine, Apollo. And I am not your little sister. Hey, I was born first. We're twins! How many millennia do we have to argue—

Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness.

The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.

Annabeth?" Percy said again. "You're planning something. You've got that I'm-planning-something look." "I don't have an I'm-planning-something look." "Yeah, you totally do. Your eyebrows knit together and your lips press together and—" "Do you have a pen?" she asked him.