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Quotes About Danger

Chiron insisted that we talk about the Labyrinth in the morning which is like 'Hey, your life's in mortal danger. Sleep tight!
~ Rick Riordan
Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. Sadly, he'd had a lot of practice.
~ Rick Riordan
And when demigods use cell phones, the signals agitate every monster within a hundred miles. It's like sending up a flare: Here I am! Please rearrange my face!
~ Rick Riordan
My son, what you are attempting – shadow-travel across the world, carrying the statue of Athena – it may well destroy you.' 'Thanks for the encouragement.
~ Rick Riordan
Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs.
~ Rick Riordan
He understood how dangerous oaths could be. But Leo didn't care. I'm coming back for you, Calypso, he said to the night wind. I swear it on the River Styx.
~ Rick Riordan
One false step, and you'll fall all the way to Tartarus—and believe me, unlike the Doors of Death, this would be a one-way trip, a very hard fall! I will not have you dying before you tell me your plan for my artwork.
~ Rick Riordan
Who are you? Ethan Nakamura. I have to kill you. ??
~ Rick Riordan
One down, Beckendorf said. About five thousand to go. He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid—Greek fire, one of the most dangerous magical substances in the world. Then he threw me another essential tool of demigod heroes—duct tape
~ Rick Riordan
What-what do you want? Annabeth asked, trying to maintain a tone of confidence. The voice cackled maliciously. 'To curse you, of course! To destroy you thousand times in the name of Mother Night!' Only a thousand times? Percy murmured. Oh, good...I thought we were in trouble.
~ Rick Riordan
The demigods have left for alaska, Stheno said. They fly straight to their death. Ah, small d death, I mean. Not our prisoner Death. Although, i suppose they're flying to him too.
~ Rick Riordan
There's no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.
~ Rick Riordan
I should throw you off this building minus the flying horse and see how heroic you sound on the way down.
~ Rick Riordan
June cackled with delight, muttering, Whoops! as a car almost killed them.
~ Rick Riordan
Um, Grover said. Percy? Yeah? I thought you'd want to know. Yeah? Cerberus? He's saying we've got ten seconds to pray to the god of our choice.After that...well...he's hungry.
~ Rick Riordan
Just like the good old days: marching together into the unknown, searching for missing magical weapons and risking painful death. I'd missed my buddies!
~ Rick Riordan
We're burning," Sadie pointed out helpfully. "Noticed!" I yelled back.
~ Rick Riordan
We only came close to dying six or seven times which I thought was pretty good. A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately that something was my face.
~ Rick Riordan
Dan was thrilled that the second clue had been safely smuggled out of the church in his pants. So, really, I saved the day, he decided. Wait a minute, Amy said, I climbed onto the roof in the middle of a thunderstorm. Yeah, but the clue was in my pants.
~ Rick Riordan
After all the dangerous adventures I'd had, I couldn't die like this. Sadie would be devastated. Then, once she got over her grief, she'd track down my soul in the Egyptian afterlife and tease me mercilessly for how stupid I'd been.
~ Rick Riordan
Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. "Hang on. What about traps?" He frowned. "Traps?" "Didn't Egyptian tombs have traps?" "Well…sometimes. But this isn't a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse—" "Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.
~ Rick Riordan
Look, I never wanted to be a half-blood. most of the time it gets you killed in nasty, dangerous ways.
~ Rick Riordan
Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough. The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse.
~ Rick Riordan
My name is Zia Rashid." She tilted her head as if listening. Right on cue, the entire building rumbled. Dust sprinkled from the ceiling, and the slithering sounds of scorpion doubled in volume behind us. "And right now," Zia continued, sounding a bit disappointed, "I must save your miserable lives.
~ Rick Riordan