Quotes About Danger

Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen to opera music.

Imagine jumping into a pit of boiling acid. Now multiply that pain times fifty. -Percy

One of these days, I would love to exit a world without being pursued by an angry mob.

We were alone in a strange mansion with a baboon, a crocodile, and a weird cat. And apparently, the entire world was in danger. I looked at Sadie. "What do we do now?

She stared at me. Fly, ;ole, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, AND carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb? Yeah, I said. Pretty much exactly like that.

What was I up to, you may ask? I certainly didn't want to meet Monsieur Evil again or creepy old Lord Salamander.

The bridge fell away into the chasm, and the Cyclops howled ... with delight, because he was standing right next to us.

A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.

Do yourself a favor,' I said. Forget it. Forget you ever saw me. Forget that you tried to kill me too? Yeah. That, too. But who are you? Percy- I started to say. Then the skeletons turned around. Gotta go! What kind of name is Percy Gotta-go? I bolted for the exit.

Armed with my sword and wand, I was all set for a stroll through the swamp to look for a hungry monster. Oh, joy!

Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpion.

We'de have to get in and get out the hard way; and if we made a mistake, there was no telling what sort of curse we'de unleash: monster guardians, plagues, fires, exploding donkeys(don't laugh; they're bad news).

Bianca di Angelo shivered. That explains Nico, you remember last summer, those guys who tried to attack us in the alley in DC? And that bus driver, Nico said. The one with the ram's horns. I *told* you that was real.

YEAH, I KNOW. You guys are going to read about how I died in agony, and you're going be like, "Wow! That sounds cool, Magnus! Can I die in agony too?" No. Just no. Don't go jumping off any rooftops. Don't run into the highway or set yourself on fire. It doesn't work that way. You will not end up where I ended up.

Annabeth jogged towards us, giving me one of those annoyed expressions like, If you get yourself killed, I'm going to murder you.

Why are we being chased by evil espresso drinks?!

Nico knew something about ghosts. Letting them get inside your head was dangerous. He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone who tried to get close, he couldn't exactly criticize Reyna for doing the same thing.

I sort of fell. Percy! Six hundred and thirty feet?

I can try to disable it, I said, but if I mess up, this whole apartment is going to fill with gas. We'll die. Thalia swallowed. I trust you. Just... don't mess it up.

The last thing I wanted to do was blow up another school.

He could't have survied a hundred foot drop. I'm sorry Annabeth.

I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals (Chapter 2)

No! Amy said. Dan, you're lucky it was only concussive. You could've wiped out the whole Holt family. And that would've been bad because...?

Oh, why had the Labyrinth brought me here? As soon as I thought this, I chided myself: Of course it would bring me where I least wanted to be. Austin had been wrong about the maze. It was still evil, designed to kill. It was just a little subtler about its homicides now.