Quotes from Rick Riordan

I can't summon anymore gas! Leo warned. The His faced turned red. 'Wow, that came out wrong. I mean the burning kind.

Something comes cheap, it ain't worth much. That's true for knowledge especially.

No one could face battle without caring for something.

Pro tip: If you're attacked by a creep, it's never your fault. Tell somebody.

He was beautiful the way an angel is beautiful - timeless, perfect, remote.

The older you are, the harder it is to accept that the world might not be the way you thought it was.

Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn't fight my battles for me. She doesn't guarantee me easy victory. She grants me opportunities to prove myself. She gives me strong enemies and potential allies.

I headed towards the mountain, which was an almost irresistible beacon to my storm self. It glowed with heat, pressure, and turbulence—everything a little dust devil like me could want.

My point, Jason said, is that blaming each other isn't going to solve anything. That's how the Romans and the Greeks got divided in the first place.

That kid gave Leo the freakie-deakies.

As you can imagine, they got along great, though how they got any sleep with Hyperion glowing all night and Theia giggling, "Shiny! Shiny!" I don't know.

Now i'd like to tell u i did something heroic like stand up against a raging team of fire-breathing horses with only my sword the truth is i ran.

Yo!" I caught the sleeve of his cashmere coat. "Rewind to the part about a Norse god being my pappy.

My mom's funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that.

Remember what it's like to be human.

Meg McCaffrey, a girl of few words and much belching.

Please tell me we don't have to find it, Percy said. I've had enough giant magic statues for one trip.

All right,' Nico relented. 'Maybe a little …' He managed to take off his aviator jacket and wad it into a pillow before he keeled over and began to snore.

Where's Jason?

My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until they're dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary. It worked against Set.

For one thing, he wasn't sure what kind of small talk to make with a guy who'd recently come back from Tartarus. Catch that last episode of Doctor Who? Oh, right. You were trudging through the Pit of Eternal Damnation!

Does Zeus have a perfect tan? Can he play the ukulele? I think not!

SWEEP!' THe Titan grinned with delight and did a victory dance.'Sweep, sweep, sweep!

Even if she were going crazy, she didn't want to look like she was going crazy.