Quotes About Rick Riordan

For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing or if you have pages of extraneous description, a kid's not going to do that. They will drop the book.

It's just Annabeth mom jeez!

Your mom is a rainbow goddess?" "You got a problem with that?" "No, no. Rainbows. Very macho.

Chiron insisted that we talk about the Labyrinth in the morning which is like 'Hey, your life's in mortal danger. Sleep tight!

Holy mother!" "Hmph. More like holy father. I'd think you'd know the difference." -Hephaetus

Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said. "That's not what I meant.

Lord Bacchus, do you remember me? I helped you with that missing leopard in Sonoma." Bacchus scratched his stubbly chin. "Ah... yes. John Green." "Jason Grace." "Whatever," the god said.

Apollo?" I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred." A god named Fred?

More minions!" he shouted. "Come to me!" That couldn't be good. Another round of giant crocs and we'd be dead. Why don't we get minions? I complained to Horus, but he didn't answer.

I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of these amazing stories from history, dust them off and make them alive.

This is Graceland. Home of the most famous musician in the world." "Michael Jackson lived here?" "No, dummy," Carter said. "Elvis Presley.

Why can't you place a blessing like that on us? I asked. It only works on wild animals. So it would only affect Percy, Annabeth reasoned. Hey! I protested.

She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.

Braccas meas vescimini ! I wasn't sure where the Latin came from. I think it meant 'Eat my pants!

Can we just call them storm spirits?" Leo asked. "Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.

I'm calm, Rachel insisted. Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervous about? Look, I said. I'm sorry about the band room. I hope they didn't kick you our or anything. Nah. They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb. Was it hard? Annabeth asked.

You're a stalker with hooves. I am not! I followed her to the Big House and hid in a bush and watched the whole thing.

Erre es korakas, Blinky! Dionysus cursed. I will have your soul!

Oh no. I said panic rising in my chest. No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!

Leo couldn't help smiling. That could be fun. Fun she said unhappily. Blue elephants. Blue elephants. Kiss me you fool. You fool.

Meat! he said scornfully. I'm a vegetarian. You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans, I reminded him. Those are vegetables.

Atlantis?' Jason asked. 'That's a myth,' Percy said. 'Uh...don't we deal in myths?' 'No, I mean it's a MADE-UP myth. Not like, an actual true myth.' 'So this is why Annabeth is the brains of the operation, huh?

Look, Percy continued, I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in the nineteen eighties- He mentioned it! one of the ghosts whimpered.

Five syllables, Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. That would be real bad.