Quotes from Rick Riordan

One of the natural consequences of being so awesome is that I attracted envy from all quarters.

I felt her story in every line: her struggle as the neglected child of a famous movie star; her mixed feelings about discovering she was a daughter of Aphrodite; most hurtful of all, her realization that the supposed love of her life, Jason Grace, was not someone she wanted to be with romantically.

That's what happens to snow in texas lady. It. Freakin. Melts

I want to build some thing permanent.

It hasn't been easy, you know. Having the dead for company. Knowing that I'll never be accepted by the living. Only the dead respects me, and they only do that out of fear.

Percy's ears turned as pink as Alex's jeans. Anyway, maybe we've been looking at this all wrong. I've been tying to teach you sea skills. But the most important thing is to use whatever you've got to hand - your team, your wits, the enemy's own magical stuff. And there's no way to plan for that, I said. Exactly! Percy said. My work here is done! Annabeth frowned. Percy, you're saying the best plan is no plan. As a child of Athena, I can't really endorse that.

My friend is dying. Can you cure him or not? Her voice caught on the word friend. Percy was a lot more than that. Even boyfriend really didn't cover it. They'd been through so much together, at this point Percy was part of her - sometimes a annoying part, sure, but definitely a part she could not live without.

I was proud that the four of us responded as a team. In perfect unison, like a well-oiled combat machine, we turned and ran for our lives.

Leo whooped so loudly they probably heard him in China. "YEAH! WHO DIED? WHO CAME BACK? WHO'S YOUR FREAKIN' SUPERSIZED McSHIZZLE NOW, BABY? Woooooooo!

I hate the word 'demigod'. I prefer 'being born with a target on my back. - Blitzen

Don't throw that good and evil stuff at me. That's not even a Norse concept. Are you 'good' because you kill your enemies, but your enemies are 'bad' because they kill you? What sort of logic is that?

Your father is a complete___! I don't know what she called him, but I have a feeling that's when the first cuss were invented.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness. Commodus

AWWW, YOU two are so cute together it makes me sick. So I'm going back to my own room." I'm not sure Mallory and Halfborn even heard me when I left, they were lip-locking so hard. Seeing them like that almost made me miss Magnus. Almost.

when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's.

It seemed strange, the Muslim Maghrib prayer aboard a Viking ship full of atheists and pagans. Then again, Samirah's ancestors had been dealing with Vikings since the Middle Ages. I doubted this was the first time prayers to Allah had been said aboard a longship. The world, the worlds , were a lot more interesting because of constant intermixing.

All serious daring starts from within

I'm just a repair guy who can throw the occasional fireball.

The others strapped themselves below - except for Coach Hedge, who insisted on clinging to the forward rail, yelling, YEAH! Bring it on, Lake!

Percy, explaining things to you is like lecturing a gerbil.

The thing about gods is, you can't really slap them when they're acting stupid. They'll just slap you back and kill you.

Leo remembered their trip together through the House of Hades. Hazel had led him through that creepy maze of illusions. She'd made the sorceress Pasiphaë disappear through an imaginary hole in the floor. She'd battled the giant Clytius while Leo choked in the giant's cloud of darkness. She'd cut the chains binding the Doors of Death. Meanwhile Leo had done...well, pretty much nothing.

People liked to be seen, even if it's by the cold, cruel eyes of fate.

A faun," Bryce said. "Interesting. I heard the Greeks actually trusted their goat men." Hedge bleated. "I'm a satyr. And you can trust I'm going to put this bat upside your head, you little punk.