Quotes from Rick Riordan

Would Grandmother scold him? Would she say, "Frank! Thank the gods, you've come. I'm surrounded by monsters." More likely she'd scold him, or mistake them for intruders and chase them off with a frying pan.

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.

Besides, you're a cat. It's your nature to think you're the center of the universe.

It's stupid what keeps people apart.

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

Nico di Angelo ran up to me with a big grin on his face. Percy, this is awesome! His blue-feathered bronze helmet was falling in his eyes, and his breastplate was about six sizes too big. I wondered if there was any way I'd looked that ridiculous when I'd first arrived.

Bob says hello, he told the stars.

Maybe if he did really well they'd give him some mouldy apples.

Just like the good old days: marching together into the unknown, searching for missing magical weapons and risking painful death. I'd missed my buddies!

My only thought was to keep him away from Annabeth.

The thing about talking swords…it's hard to tell when they're kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.

Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom...that is very hard indeed.

You're already married! Hera protested. To me! Curses! said Zeus. Er, I mean, of course, dear.

But in his heart, he wanted to be at Camp Half-Blood. The months he'd spent there with Piper and Leo had felt more satisfying, more right than all his years at Camp Jupiter. Besides, at Camp Half-Blood, there was at least a chance he might meet his father someday. The gods hardly ever stopped by Camp Jupiter to say hello.

He's a restless soul, always looking for another chance to drive,' Nico said. 'The last few years, he's been my driver whenever I need one.' 'You have a zombie chauffeur,' Leila said.

The darkness is my birthright.

We choose to believe in Ma'at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That's what Egypt is all about.

We're burning," Sadie pointed out helpfully. "Noticed!" I yelled back.

The future for Commander Tool Belt was not looking so hot.

No more Lastrygonians." Ella fluttered down and landed next to them. "Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction, yep.

Oh, god," I said. "Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?" --Sadie to Zia

You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

Clovis,' Nico growled, 'for the gods' sake, stop dreaming so powerfully!

We only came close to dying six or seven times which I thought was pretty good. A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately that something was my face.