Quotes from Rick Riordan

Like your zodiac sign?' Percy asked. 'I'm a Leo.' 'No, stupid,' Leo said. 'I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.

Judging from her wide eyes, I guessed the answer was, No, and does hallucinations run in the family?

That's nice. I like that. You're sure you're not the god of wisdom?" "I applied for the job," I said, "but they gave it to someone else. Something about inventing olives." I rolled my eyes.

This is the trouble with all happiness -all of it is built on top of something men want.

may the gods be with you

The afterlife looks different to every soul, he said, depending on whatthey believe. For that guy, Egypt must've made a strong impression when he was young , maybe. And if someone doesn't believe in any afterlife? i asked. Walt gave me a sad look. Then that's what they experience.

Get up seaweed brain

Will had kissed Nico for the first time in a moment of impulsiveness, something Nico didn't know Will had in him. The kiss had been just like this one, short and sweet. Then Will had pulled away, worry on his face, an apology tumbling from his lips. Nico had stopped him. Then kissed him back. In a moment so full of grief and rage and sadness, Will had given him … Light.

Oh…bank vaults," Leo said. "Never thought about that.

The last thing I wanted to do was blow up another school.

His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome. Percy & Annabeth

Sometimes it is better to have someone you mistrust close to you, so that you can keep an eye on him - Chiron

Entertain me, heroes of Olympus. Give me a reason to do more. Bacchus to Percy and Jason

If you'd sat there any longer,' Annabeth said, 'you would have spontaneously combusted. I hope the conversation was worth it?

But she laced her fingers through mine. I remember what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought-just maybe-we were off to a good start.

Perseus, you are not the hero.

That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.

At least the statue didn't rumble, "DIE, UNBELIEVERS!" and zap the mortals to dust. Reyna had once dealt with a statue of the goddess Diana like that. It hadn't been her most relaxing day.

The coach could do a goat-hoof tap dance around Nico's head and the son of Hades wouldn't even budge.

He could't have survied a hundred foot drop. I'm sorry Annabeth.

I want a room decorated with bones! Dan said. Where'd they come from? Cemeteries, Amy said. Back in the 1700s, the cemeteries were getting overcrowded, so they decided to dig up tons of old bodies–all their bones–and move them into the Catacombs. The thing is...look at the dates. See when they started moving bones into the Catacombs? Dan squinted at the screen. He didn't see what she was talking about. Is it my birthday?

I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals (Chapter 2)

Leo Valdez deserved a special punishment, she [Khione] said. I have sent him to a place from which he can never return.

That wasn't my future I destroyed,' she assured herself. 'I make my own future.