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Quotes About Frustration

I know, I'm an idiot! Leo moaned. A brilliant idiot, but still an idiot.
~ Rick Riordan
I'd like to say I took the news well. The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time. --Percy Jackson
~ Rick Riordan
I survive all those battles, she growled, and I get defeated by a stupid chunk of rock!
~ Rick Riordan
I seriously needed an extra-strength magic pillow, because my ba refused to stay put. [And no, Sadie, I don't think wrapping my head in duct tape would've worked either.]
~ Rick Riordan
Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k...a C-y-k... She stamped her foot in frustration. As smart as she was, Annabeth was dyslexic, too. We could've been there all night while she tried to spell Cyclops. You know what I mean!
~ Rick Riordan
Sadie, I can't intervene. He turned up his palms in frustration. I told you when we first met, this isn't an actual physical body. Shame, I mumbled. What? Nothing. Go on.
~ Rick Riordan
You teach combat, I guess." Aphros threw up his hands in exasperation. "Why does everyone assume that?" Leo glanced at the massive sword on the fish-guy's back. "Uh, I don't know.
~ Rick Riordan
Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say "tell the truth," and when you do, they don't believe you. What's the point?
~ Rick Riordan
Percy muttered. 'I want to drown her.' 'Be patient, water boy.' 'Don't call me water boy.
~ Rick Riordan
Hazel] hissed in frustration. 'I hate eidolons. I thought Piper made them promise to stay away.' 'Oh...' Frank said, like he'd just had his own daily happy thought. 'Piper made them promise to stay off the ship and not possess any of us. But if they followed us, and used other bodies to attack us, then they're not technically breaking their vow...' 'Great,' Leo muttered. 'Eidolons who are also lawyers. Now I really want to kill them.
~ Rick Riordan
Um, uh, gah.
~ Rick Riordan
Defeating one ant had taken all my energy. (I don't think I have ever written a sadder sentence than that.)
~ Rick Riordan
Too bad Jason wasn't a metal automaton. At least then Leo would have some idea of how to help his best friend. But with humans … Leo felt helpless. They broke way too easily.
~ Rick Riordan
Percy looked at his friends. "I'm getting tired of this guy's shirt.
~ Rick Riordan
The world will fall, the gods will die, and I will never achieve a perfect score on this stupid machine. -Dionysus
~ Rick Riordan
If I've got the powers of a god, then why am I so... Lame? Sadie suggested. Shut up, I said.
~ Rick Riordan
It's a good thing Jack was no longer in my hands, because I would've pulled a full-on Kylo Ren temper tantrum.
~ Rick Riordan
Jason hated being an old man.
~ Rick Riordan
Yeah, my bad, Leo muttered. I should've crashed on one of the other islands. Oh, wait-there aren't any! She [Calypso] snarled and kept walking along the edge of the water.
~ Rick Riordan
I tried to talk to Annabeth, but she was acting like I'd just punched her grandmother.
~ Rick Riordan
You'd think he'd ran out off rocks, I muttered
~ Rick Riordan
Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to 'clean' it, and suddenly you can't find anything?
~ Rick Riordan
You've got to be kid— Well, crud, what just happened there? I ran out of syl—
~ Rick Riordan
Bad pony-men! BOO!
~ Rick Riordan