Quotes from Rick Riordan

To my wonderful readers: sorry about that last cliff-hanger. Well no, not really. HAHAHAHA. But seriously, I love you guys.

As my vision went dark, Sam and Hearth helped me leap off the cliff. Because, you know, what are friends for?

Meg wiped her nose. "So you're saying we need to find Caligula's place and steal his shoes. While we're there, can't we just kill him?" She asked this casually, like Can we stop by Target on the way home? Hedge wagged his finger at McCaffrey. "See, now that's a plan. I like this girl.

Come on, then! she yelled. I'll destroy you all myself if I have to! A metallic smell of storm filled the air. All the hairs on Piper's arms stood up. The thing is, said a voice from above, you don't have to. Piper's heart could've floated out of her body. At the top of the nearest colonnade stood Jason, his sword gleaming gold in the sun. Frank stood at his side, his bow ready. Hazel sat astride Arion, who reared and whinnied in challenge.

No matter how many times Percy killed them and watched them crumble to powder, they just kept re-forming like large evil dust bunnies.

Um ,sorry. I cant read the last line. Fish. Have you stolen any fish from the holy lakes? I lived in Kansas..So ..no

On a bad day, he could only remember Justin Bieber songs, which didn't do anything except give me a headache.

Percy, wake me for a second watch. Don't be a hero. He gave her that smirk she'd come to love.Who, me? He kissed her, his lips parched and feverishly warm. Sleep.

Three questions, I said. First: Thor has a giantess friend? Yes, Blitz said. Not all giants are bad. Second: do all giantess names begin with G? No. Last question: Thor is a martial artist? Does he have, like, backup nunchucks, too?

I keep thinking about fire," Piper said. "How we expect Leo to beat this giant because he's…" "Hot?" Leo suggested with a grin. "Um, let's go with flammable.

Respect the gender.

I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.

We had enough quite enough snobbery in this world without exporting it to the hereafter.

We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.

Reyna's destiny: to die defending a passive-aggressive goddess.

Her perfume was a mixture of roses and tear gas.

Out of every tragedy, he said, comes new strength.

One should never underestimate the healing power of music.

Together we made our way down to the street level. Neither of us said a word. The music was awful--Neil Diamond or something. I should've made that part of my gift form the gods: better elevator tunes.

Yikes! I thought. Yikes, yikes, yikes! I am eloquent in times of danger.

I hoped they couldn't run very fast with those stubby little legs and flippers, but they waddled along pretty well.

Alex hopped onto the four-poster bed. He bounced up and down, grinning as the springs squeaked. What are you doing? I asked. Making noise. He leaned over and rifled through Randolph's nightstand drawer. Let's see. Cough drops. Paper clips. Some wadded-up Kleenex that I am not going to touch. And ... He whistled. Medication for bowel discomfort! Magnus, all this bounty belongs to you! You're a strange person. I prefer the term fabulously weird .

For every hero, a thousand cowards, said Hel. For every brave death, a thousand senseless ones.

As always, the subject of Bianca lay between them like a loaded gun – deadly, easy to reach, impossible to ignore. 'I mean your other sister, Hazel … she has discovered that one of the Seven will die. She may try to prevent this. In doing so, she may lose sight of her priorities.