Quotes from Rick Riordan

The truth hit him. Jason wasn't quite Roman anymore. His time at Camp Half-Blood had changed him. Reyna had recognized that. Apparently, so did the undead legionnaires. If Jason no longer gave off the right sort of vibe, or aura of a Roman leader...

Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook —BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—which either meant a SWAT team was breaking down the door or Mrs. O'Leary was wagging her tail. I couldn't help but smile.

He remembered his home now, and that gave him new determination to succeed. He was fighting for two camps now -- two families.

Contrary to what you might think, I don't spend every waking hour thinking about boys. Just most waking hours?

Eat chocolate first, destroy the world later.

I don't care what your nose says! The last time you smelled half-blood, it turned out to be a meatloaf sandwich! Meatloaf sandwiches are good! But this is a half-blood scent, I swear. They are on board! Bah, your brain isn't on board!

I have a doctor's note.

Percy: I thought I'd lost my mom forever, and I was stuck on a hill in a thunderstorm fighting this huge bull dude while Grover was passed out wailing. "Food!" It was terrifying, man.

Hey girl, he said, wiggling his eyebrows. You must be the riptide, 'cause you sweep me off my feet. He'd be practicing that pickup line for years. He was glad he finally got yo use it.

Pluto's pauldrons," Reyna cursed.

The only thing they had in common was Calypso, and every time Leo thought about that he wanted to punch Percy in the face.

It's not mind-reading,' she said. 'Not even an empathy link. Just … a temporary wave of exhaustion. Primal emotions. Your pain washes over me. I take on some of your burden.' Nico's expression became guarded. He twisted the silver skull ring on his finger, the same way Reyna did with her silver ring when she was thinking. Sharing a habit with the son of Hades made her uneasy.

And do you know what a full-fledged war would look like, Percy? Bad? I guessed. Imagine the world in chaos. Nature at war with itself. Olympians forced to choose sides between Zeus amd Poseidon. Destruction. Carnage. Millions dead. Western civilization turned into a battleground so big it will make the Trojan War look like a water-balloon fight. Bad, I repeated.

Dan was thrilled that the second clue had been safely smuggled out of the church in his pants. So, really, I saved the day, he decided. Wait a minute, Amy said, I climbed onto the roof in the middle of a thunderstorm. Yeah, but the clue was in my pants.

How do you tell a dream from a nightmare? If it involves a book burning , it's probably a nightmare.

I slashed a wide arc with Riptide and vaporized the entire front row of monsters. Back off!" I yelled at the rest, trying to sound fierce. Behind them stood their instructor—a six-foot-tall telekhine with Doberman fangs snarling at me. I did my best to stare him down. New lesson, class," I announced. "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!

Thoth's beak! You are impossibley stubborn. Yeah, it's a gift.

He just summoned the dead with coke and cheeseburgers

Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.

Nico had once read a story from Plato, who claimed that in the ancient times, all humans had been a combination of male and female. Each person had two heads, four arms, four legs. Supposedly, these combo-humans had been so powerful they made the gods uneasy, so Zeus split them in half—man and woman. Ever since, humans had felt incomplete. They spent their lives searching for their other halves.

Used to be goddy Now uptown feeling shoddy Bah, haiku don't rhyme

Leo waited while the fish centaur put away his supplies. Aphros's lobster-claw horns kept swimming around in his thick hair, and Leo had to resist the urge to try and rescue them.

Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank's face. I suppose I should know who Pelops was? He was a prince, won his wife in a chariot race. Supposedly he started the Olympic games in honor of that. Hazel sniffed. How romantic. 'Nice wife you have, Prince Pelops.' 'Thanks. I won her in a chariot race.

How do I defeat Apophis?" "I'm so glad you asked!" Thoth beamed at me with his multicolored eyes. "Unfortunately, I can't tell you." I glanced at Walt. "Do you want to kill him, or should I?