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Quotes About Uncertainty

Now, now, Bast said. It's not so bad. Right, I said. We're stuck in Washington, D.C. We have two days to make it to Arizona and stop a god we don't know how to stop. And if we can't, we'll never see our dad or Amos again, and the world might end. That's the spirit! Bast said brightly. Now, let's have a picnic.
~ Rick Riordan
Leo," Hazel gasped, "I can't—my arms—" "Hazel," he said. "Do you trust me?" "No!" "Me neither," Leo admitted.
~ Rick Riordan
They both (Thalia and Hera) glared at her, and for three long seconds, Piper wasn't sure which one of them was going to kill her first.
~ Rick Riordan
We still should have enough time to reach Rome." Hazel scowled. "When you say should have enough …" Leo shrugged. "How do you feel about barely enough ?" Hazel put her face in her hands for a count of three. "Sounds about typical for us.
~ Rick Riordan
Hazel frowned. Why that one? You don't see the ghost? Frank asked. Ghost? Nico asked. Okay... if Frank was seeing a ghost that the Underworld kids couldn't see, something was definitely wrong.
~ Rick Riordan
Reyna looked at Percy without much hope. "You do have a plan?" Percy wanted to step forward bravely and say, No, I don't!
~ Rick Riordan
I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to kneel or buy stamps from him or what.
~ Rick Riordan
Tell me when it's over Thalia said. Her eyes were shut tight. The statue was holding on to us so we couldn't fall but still Thalia clutched his arm like it was the most important thing in the world. Everything's fine I promised. Are... are we very high I looked down. Below us a range of snowy mountains zipped by. I stretched out my foot and kicked snow off one of the peaks. Nah I said. Not that high.
~ Rick Riordan
I stared at her. Maybe I wasn't the brightest guy in the world when it came to girls, but I was pretty sure Rachel had just dumped me, which was lame considering we'd never even been together.
~ Rick Riordan
Oh, god," I said. "Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?" --Sadie to Zia
~ Rick Riordan
Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. "Leave it to us, Uncle. I've got a plan." "That," I said, "sounds like very bad news.
~ Rick Riordan
June smiled. So what will it be? Safety, or a future of pain and possibility?
~ Rick Riordan
It doesn't seem right? Another part of him wondered, Since when do I worry about what's right?
~ Rick Riordan
No one should know his entire fate. It's too dangerous and too depressing. Just keep going, do your best, and hope it's good enough. That's all any of us can do.
~ Rick Riordan
You're sure?' I asked. 'I mean, the Lord of the Sword is great. But you could also be, I don't know, the Slammer of the Hammer'.
~ Rick Riordan
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?
~ Rick Riordan
Annabeth's hand slipped into mine. Under different circumstances I would've been embarrassed, but here in the dark I was glad to know where she was. It was about the only thing I was sure of.
~ Rick Riordan
For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest WHAT IF.
~ Rick Riordan
Nets can be traps. But they can also be safety nets. You just have to know when to jump in.
~ Rick Riordan
Things will work out - maybe just not the way you plan
~ Rick Riordan
Out my left, I saw baboon bum, out my right, my long-lost uncle Amos. Naturally, I decided to focus on the right.
~ Rick Riordan
She would always be my biggest what if.
~ Rick Riordan
During their separation, something had happened to Annabeth's feelings. They'd grown painfully intense-like she'd been forced to withdraw from a life-saving medication. Now she wasn't sure which was more excruciating-living with that horrible absence, or being with him again.
~ Rick Riordan
I kissed her, because 1) when you're a demigod going into battle, every kiss might be your last, and 2) I like kissing her.
~ Rick Riordan