Quotes from Rick Riordan

I'll let you and Zia have some quality time, she told me. Just the two of you and your coat.

He's nuts Bianca said We need to jump off this cliff i said Oh nice idea!! Your nuts too

So you can't live in Manhattan?' she asked. Amos's brow furrowed as he looked across at the Empire State Building. 'Manhattan has other problems. Other gods. It's best we stay separate.

I'd tell you to say hello to Jason from me, but he'll be in Elysium. You . . . won't.

If I couldn't trust her, I couldn't trust anyone.

Curse Hermes and his multi-vitamins!

Maybe it's okay to still be a kid every once in a while.

Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding. -Hestia

Cacus." I'd had years of practice looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn't know. It's a skill of mine. Annabeth keeps telling me to read a book of Greek myths, but I don't see the need. It's easier just to have folks explain stuff.

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

i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.

You spoke the truth, Percy Jackson. You are nothing like... like Hercules. I am honored that you carry this sword.

Call on me. I will be there for you.

I am a seeker of knowledge!' Odin announced. 'This has always been true. I hung from the World Tree for nine days and nights, racked with pain, in order to discover the secret of runes. I stood in line in a blizzard for six days to discover the sorcery of the smartphone.' 'What?' I muttered. Blitzen coughed. 'Just roll with it.

Behold, my children! she said. The instrument of my revenge. I will call it a scythe! The Titans muttered among themselves: What is that for? Why is it curved? How do you spell scythe?

You're probably wondering: why were Medusa's kids a golden warrior and a winged horse? And how had they been stuck in Medusa's body all those years?Heck, I dunno. I'm just telling you how it was. You want stuff to make sense, you're in the wrong universe

Don't talk to my sister that way. Nico said. His voice quivered, but I was impressed that he had the guts to say anything at all. — Percy

Most problems look worse than they are. nothing is unfixable.

Where are you taking us? Nico said. You should be honored, my boy. You will have the opportunity to join a great army! Just like that silly game you play with cards and dolls. They're not dolls! They're figurines! And you can take your great army and—

This is where he struck the earth, Annabeth said, where he made a saltwater spring appear when he had the contest with my mom to sponsor Athens. So this is where the rivalry started, Percy said. Yeah Percy pulled Annabeth close and kissed her. The rivalry ends here, Percy said. I love you Wise Girl.

i remembered the myth about Andromeda and how she had been chained to a rock by her own parents as a sacrifice to a sea monster. Maybe she'd gotten too many F's on her report card or something.

The horse seemed to bend time and space as he ran, blurring the landscape and making Frank feel like he'd just drunk a gallon of whole milk without his lactose-intolerance medicine: Seven hundred and fifty miles per hour. Eight hundred. Eight hundred and three. Fast. very Fast.

You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns sour in the end. But if you take the hard path - ah, that's how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean something.

We'd just released a zebra in Las Vegas.