Quotes from Rick Riordan

Hi," Piper said, as casually as she could. "We're back.

I prefer to be the noisiest thing in my environment thank you very much.

Oh...my...god,Drew whimpered.Who... Anubis ignored her (bless him for that) and held out his elbow for me - a sweet old-fashioned gesture. May I have this dance? I suppose, I said,as non committally as I could. I looped my arm through his, and we left the Plastic Bags behind us, all of them muttering,Oh my god! Oh my god! No ,actually, I wanted to say. He's my amazingly hot boy god. Find your own.

I'm gonna be percy Jackson when I grow up, she told Hazel solemnly. Hazel Smiled and ruffled her hair. That's a good thing to be, Julia. Although, Frank said. Frank Zhang would be good too.

Heroes! Euryale said with disgust. They always bring that up, just like our mother! 'why can't you turn people to stone? your sister can turn people to stone.' Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, boy! That was Medusa's curse alone. she was the most hideous one in the family. She got all the luck! Stheno looked hurt. Mother said I was the most hideous.

Purple light passed over the paper, but nothing happened. Next! Amy said. She was sure the man in black was going to burst in on them any second. Whoa! Dan said. Amy gripped his arm. You found it? No, but look! This whole essay - 'To the Royal Academy.' He wrote a whole essay on farts! Dan grinned with delight. He's proposing a scientific study on different fart smells. You're right, Amy. This guy was a genius!

anyway. Leo said, I hope you've got your worksheet, 'cause I used mine for spit wads days ago. Why are you looking at me like that? Somebody draw on my face again?

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

Even his hair was bigger—a massive globe of blue-black frizz so thick that his lobster-claw horns appeared to be drowning as they tried to swim their way to the surface. "Is that why they named you Aphros?" Leo asked as they glided down the path from the cave. "Because of the Afro?" Aphros scowled. "What do you mean?" "Nothing," Leo said quickly.

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

It blew my mind that this stuff had survived for two thousand, three thousand years.

The guy had literally been through hell and back. Even when he wasn't trying, he made the toilets explode. What would Percy be like if he wanted to act scary?

Well, yes, I call it the Expando-Duck. It's perfect if you need a small metal duck. Or a larger metal duck.

Look, ladies, we've been over this. I don't even remember killing Medusa. I don't remember anything! Can't we just call a truce and talk about your weekly specials? Stheno gave her sister a pouty look, which was hard to do with giant bronze tusks. Can we?

Gods forbid if she ever broke up with him. She'd never be able to visit the sea again without remembering her broken heart. Annabeth about Percy

Charlie … Silena's eyes were a million miles away. See Charlie.

I whistled. You have evil thoughts for a goat.

He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park.

I named my camel Katrina. She was a natural disaster. She slobbered everywhere and seemed to think the purple streak in my hair was some kind of exotic fruit. She was obsessed with trying to eat my head. I named Walt's camel Hindenburg. He was almost as large as a zeppelin and definitely as full of gas.

We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again." Only then did she understand what would happen. A one-way trip. A very hard fall. "As long as we're together," she said. She heard Nico and Hazel still screaming for help. She saw sunlight far, far above- maybe the last sunlight she would ever see. Then Percy let go of his ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness.

dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.

At the rear of the bus, the driver wrenched a big chunk of smoking metal out of the engine compartment. The bus shuddered, and the engine roared back to life. The passengers cheered. Darn right! yelled the driver. He slapped the bus with his hat. Everybody get back on board!

It's our loot! he yelled, standing on his tiptoes so he could get in Clarisse's face. If you don't like it, you can kiss my quiver!

Everything living deserves a chance to grow.