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Quotes About Death

Nothing like ADHD and a good fight to the death to make time fly
~ Rick Riordan
You... The centaur's eyes flared like a cornered animal's. You should be dead.
~ Rick Riordan
Why are they so sad?" I asked. "Well, they're dead," Carter speculated.
~ Rick Riordan
The dead aren't scary. They are just sad.
~ Rick Riordan
Sam's phone buzzed. She fished it out of her pocket, checked the screen, and cursed. I have to go. You just got here. Valkyrie business. Possible code three-eight-one: heroic death in progress. You're making that up. I'm not. So...what, somebody thinks they're about to die and they text you 'Going down! Need Valkyrie ASAP!' followed by a bunch of sad-face emojis?
~ 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
Excuse me, have you seen Death? Big guy with black feathery wings? Likes to reap souls?
~ Rick Riordan
You don't hear heroes say that a lot. Quick, Boy Wonder! To the pottery studio! But Alex's tone left no doubt it was a matter of life and death.
~ Rick Riordan
Death is sometimes kinder than Love.
~ Rick Riordan
Is it fair your life burns so short and bright? Death had asked. No such thing as fair, Frank told himself. If I'm going to burn, it might as well be bright.
~ Rick Riordan
As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.
~ Rick Riordan
The dead are hard to look at. Their faces shimmer. They all look slightly angry or confused. they will come up to you and speak, but their voices sound like chatter, like bats twittering. Once they realize you can't understand them, they frown and move away. The dead aren't scary. They're just sad.
~ Rick Riordan
1. Good Morning! You're Going to Die 2. The Man with the Metal Bra 3. Don't Accept Rides from Strange Relatives 4. Seriously, the Dude Cannot Drive 5. I've Always Wanted to Destroy a Bridge 6. Make Way for Ducklings, or They Will Smack You Upside the Head 7. You Look Great Without a Nose, Really 8. Mind the Gap, and Also the Hairy Guy with the Ax 9. You Totally Want the Minibar Key 10.
~ Rick Riordan
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.
~ Rick Riordan
THE ONLY REASON FOR A MAN TO LIVE IS TO DIE
~ Rick Riordan
I started to dream, which was weird not only because I was dead, but because I never dream. People have tried to argue with me about that. They say everybody dreams and I just don't remember mine. But, I'm telling you, I always slept like the dead. Until I was dead. Then I dreamed like a normal person.
~ Rick Riordan
Like death, his father's presence was cold and often callous, but it was real -- brutally honest, inescapably dependable.
~ Rick Riordan
Oh, but I don't abide by your time frame, giant, Reyna said. A Roman does not wait for death. She seeks it out, and meets it on her own terms.
~ Rick Riordan
all assumed he died too.' (leo) 'Beause he did,' NIco said. 'Then a few days later,' Will continued, 'his scroll came fluttering into camp on the wind...' 'I still have it.' Nico rummaged through the pockets of his bomber jacket. 'I look at it whenever I want to get angry.
~ Rick Riordan
Fair... You'd be amazed how often I hear that word, Frank Zhang,and how meaningless it is. Is it fair your life will burn so short and bright? Was it fair when I guided your mother to the Underworld? No, not fair. And yet it was her time. There is no fairness in Death. If you free me, I will do my duty.
~ Rick Riordan
I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if I were on the verge of death-plankton maybe. -Percy Jackson
~ Rick Riordan
Annabeth turned the blade of her drakon-bone sword, which Percy had to admit made her look pretty intimidating and hot in a "Barbarian Princess" kind of way. "So I guess your Death Mist is pretty useless, then," she said. The goddess bared her broken
~ Rick Riordan
LEO WAS DEAD.
~ Rick Riordan
Only the fire of life can melt the chains of death.
~ Rick Riordan