Quotes from Rick Riordan

All that coastline we've been sailing pas is it, but I guess back in the Roman times it was called ... what'd you say, Jason? Bodacious?' 'Dalmatia', Nico said, making Jason jump. Holy Romulus ... Jason wished he could put a bell around Nico di Angelo's neck to remind him the guy was there. Nico has this disturbing habit of standing silently in the corner, blending into the shadows.

Hey, if the cow could jump over the moon, I didn't see why the sun couldn't jump over two cows.)

May the gods defend me from heroes with duct tape. And heroes always seem to have duct tape.

Bast crouched down and began making weird chittering noises. Uh-oh. She was imitating birds. I'd seen enough cats do this when they were stalking. Suddenly my own obituary flashed in my head: Carter Kane, 14, tragically died in Paris wen he was eaten by his sister's cat, Muffin.

So, Frank said. Your name isn't Sammy? Leo scowled. What kind of question is that? Nothing, Frank said quickly. I just— Nothing.

And in the fountain squatted a giant crab. I'm not talking 'giant' like $7.99 all-you-can-eat Alaskan king crab. I'm talking 'giant' like bigger than the fountain.

Why do you not disintegrate? Tartarus mused. You are nothing. You are even weaker than Krios and Hyperion. "I am Bob," said Bob. Tartarus hissed. What is that? What is Bob? "I choose to be more than Iapetus," said the Titan. "You do not control me. I am not like my brothers.

but I felt as if I'd just been Photoshopped out of my own book cover. And if there was one thing I wasn't used to, it was being ignored

A surgeon would never hesitate to amputate a rotting hand, no matter how faithfully it had served its owner in the past.

Sometimes she teased me that she'd eventually catch up to me in age and be my older sibling. Looking at her now, with that determined glint in her eyes and the confidence in her voice, I could almost believe her

I like flying cars. I prefer it when the car is actually capable of flight, however.

Bad Cyclops Lady! he bellowed. General Tyson says GO AWAY!

I hate Hera.

Giant-chicken mode,' I remembered. 'Dude, my avatar is a falcon-headed warrior .' 'I still think you could get a sponsorship deal with KFC. Make some big bucks.

To be human is to move forward, to adapt, to believe in your ability to make things better. That is the only way to make the pain and sacrifice mean something

Annabeth put her hand on his arm. 'If the giants want our blood, the last thing we need is a boy and a girl going down there together. Remember? They want one of each for their big sacrifice.' 'Then I'll get Jason,' Percy said. 'And the two of us –' 'Seaweed Brain, are you implying that two boys can handle this better than two girls?' 'No. I mean … no. But –

Her face had an imperious, timeless quality that I'd learned to recognize. It meant I'm a goddess; deal with it.

Ow, I muttered, because I was once the god of poetry and have great descriptive powers.

You can't read ancient Greek?" I asked. "And you can't tell a strawberry from a yam," she retorted.

Hey! Guy with scary eyes? Madison called out. You know what a moose does when someone insults her family? Ivan raised his eyebrows. She does this. Madison crouched down and charged Ivan. Her head hit him in the stomach.

Jason had never really considered how important Leo's sense of humor was to the group. Even when things were super serious, they could always depend on Leo to lighten things up. Now, it felt like the whole team had dropped anchor

Seriously, who curses you with their dying breath and says: I hope your eye twitches!

She kissed me, and I decided that I was glad too. A kiss in the sunset and the promise of a good bacon cheeseburger – with that kind of payoff, who needs immortality?

Thor. The goddess scoffed. If you want someone who can navigate one hundred and seventy channels of HD content, go to Thor. If you want someone who can accurately send people through the Nine Worlds, he's not your guy.