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Quotes About Gods

Hang on, Sadie said. She stomped right up to the throne. Ammit growled at her, but Sadie growled back, which confused the monster into silence. What are you? she demanded. My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive? Dad looked at Anubis. What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said. You didn't need to tell me. Anubis's face was grave.I've learned to fear that sharp tongue. Sadie looked outraged. excuse me?
~ Rick Riordan
G.I. Joe boxers!' Apollo screamed. 'OH—oh, I can't even... HAHAHAHAHA!' 'Aphrodite,' Athena giggled. 'You look simply lovely.' The gods couldn't stop laughing. Soon they were rolling on the floor, wiping tears from their eyes, taking photos with their phones to post on Tumblr.
~ Rick Riordan
Had I ever been so terrified? Perhaps when Typhon raged across the earth, scattering the gods before him. Perhaps when Gaea unleashed her giants to tear down Olympus. Or perhaps when I accidentally saw Ares naked in the gymnasium. That had been enough to turn my hair white for a century.
~ Rick Riordan
So you can't live in Manhattan?' she asked. Amos's brow furrowed as he looked across at the Empire State Building. 'Manhattan has other problems. Other gods. It's best we stay separate.
~ Rick Riordan
Curse Hermes and his multi-vitamins!
~ Rick Riordan
This is where he struck the earth, Annabeth said, where he made a saltwater spring appear when he had the contest with my mom to sponsor Athens. So this is where the rivalry started, Percy said. Yeah Percy pulled Annabeth close and kissed her. The rivalry ends here, Percy said. I love you Wise Girl.
~ Rick Riordan
Gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history.
~ Rick Riordan
Zia, I said, that's a goddess. She defeated Bast. What chance do you have? Zia held up her staff and the carved lion's head burst into flames - a small red fireball so bright, it lit the entire room. I am a scribe in the House of Life, Sadie Kane. I am trained to fight gods.
~ Rick Riordan
I'm Carter Kane-part-time high school freshman, part-time magician, full-time worrier about all the Egyptian gods and monsters who are constantly trying to kill me. Okay, that last part is an exaggeration. Not all the gods want me dead. Just a lot of them.
~ Rick Riordan
Caves of blue. Strike the hue. Westward, burning. Pages turning. Indiana. Ripe banana. Happiness approaches. Serpents and roaches. There once was a god named Apollo Who plunged in a cave blue and hollow Upon a three-seater The bronze fire-eater Was forced death and madness to swallow
~ Rick Riordan
The pinecone is a fearsome tool of destruction! -Bacchus
~ Rick Riordan
Wonderful, Annabeth thought. Her own mother, the most levelheaded Olympian, was reduced to a raving, vicious scatterbrain in a subway station. And, of all the gods who might help them, the only ones not affected by the Greek-Roman schism seemed to be Aphrodite, Nemesis and Dionysus. Love, revenge, wine. Very helpful.
~ Rick Riordan
You said your mom is the goddess of balance, I reminded him. The minor gods deserve better, Ethan, but total destruction isn't balance. Kronos doesn't build. He only destroys.
~ Rick Riordan
Now, as far as I knew, he (Luke) was still sailing around on his demon-infested cruise ship while the chopped-up Lord Kronos re-formed, bit by bit, in a golden sarcophagus, biding his time until he had enough power to challenge the Olympian gods. In demigod-speak, we call this a "problem." - Percy, 'The Battle of the Labyrinth
~ Rick Riordan
You can't swing a cat in Ancient Greece without hitting one of Zeus's ex-girlfriends.
~ Rick Riordan
A note from Annabeth." Piper shook her head in amazement. "I don't see how that's possible, but if it is—" "She's alive," Leo said. "Thank the gods and pass the hot sauce." Frank frowned. "What does that mean?" Leo wiped the chip crumbs off his face. "It means pass the hot sauce, Zhang. I'm still hungry.
~ Rick Riordan
The gods need heroes. They always have.
~ Rick Riordan
We stepped back and looked at the king of the gods, slumped in his chair snoring, and cradling his crook like a teddy bear. I placed the war flail across his lap, hoping it might make a difference—maybe complete his powers or something. No such luck. Sick weasels, Ra muttered. Behold, Sadie said bitterly. the glorious Ra.
~ Rick Riordan
ZEUS SUX and TYPHOEUS WUZ HERE.
~ Rick Riordan
How do you have five children in a row, each on a different say?" "They're gods," Carter said. "They can do stuff like that.
~ Rick Riordan
Even the gods couldn't devise a fates so twisted.
~ Rick Riordan
The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head.
~ Rick Riordan
The god's expression was calm and content, as if he'd just come home from a lovely evening strolling through the Fields of Punishment, enjoying the screams of the damned.
~ Rick Riordan
I LOVE IT when gods offer to pay for a dinner that's already free. Almost as much as I love assault squads that show up after the assault.
~ Rick Riordan