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Quotes About Surprise

I uncapped the blade, flung open the door, and found myself face-to-face with a black pegasus. Whoa, boss! Its voice spoke in my mind as it clopped away from the sword blade. I don't wanna be a horse-ke-bob!
~ Rick Riordan
That's what happens when it snows in Texas lady. It. Freaking. Melts.
~ Rick Riordan
I woke to a bucket of ice water in my face. "Sadie! Get up," Zia said. "God!" I yelled. "Was that necessary?" "No," admitted Zia.
~ Rick Riordan
But... you're still getting married? Grover sounded hurt. Who's the bride? Ploypemus looked toward the boiling pot. Clarisse made a strangled sound. Oh, no! You can't be serious. I'm not-
~ Rick Riordan
Wouldn't that put a twist in your toga?
~ Rick Riordan
He just raised the dead with coke and cheeseburgers
~ Rick Riordan
George unhinged his jaw and coughed up a little plastic bottle filled with chewable vitamins. You're kidding, I said. Are those Minotaur-shaped? Hermes picked up the bottle and rattled it. The lemon ones, yes. The grape ones are Furies, I think. Or are they hydras? At any rate, these are potent.
~ Rick Riordan
She reached into her coat pocket and felt two things she hadn't expected.... One was a wad of cash... she brought out the money. Leo whistled. Allowance? Piper, your mom rocks!
~ Rick Riordan
The baboon is driving," I noted. "Should I be worried?
~ Rick Riordan
Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs.
~ Rick Riordan
Leo had a weird memory of a missile hurtling towards him and screaming like a little girl … what the heck had that been about?
~ Rick Riordan
I hate to tell you this," Jason said, "but I think your leopard just ate a goddess.
~ Rick Riordan
That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can fly.
~ Rick Riordan
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet my glow-in-the-dark boyfriend.
~ Rick Riordan
Purple light passed over the paper, but nothing happened. Next! Amy said. She was sure the man in black was going to burst in on them any second. Whoa! Dan said. Amy gripped his arm. You found it? No, but look! This whole essay - 'To the Royal Academy.' He wrote a whole essay on farts! Dan grinned with delight. He's proposing a scientific study on different fart smells. You're right, Amy. This guy was a genius!
~ Rick Riordan
He'd gone from sixteen to seventy-five in a matter of seconds, but the old-man smell happened instantly, like boom. Congratulations! You stink!
~ Rick Riordan
Whoa ,zombie dude
~ Rick Riordan
Then, finally , we were ready to charge in and save Sadie, and she rides up in a limousine driven by an ugly dwarf in a swimsuit, and she accuses us of being late. So when she told us the dwarf was driving us to Russia, I was like, Whatever. And I got into the car.
~ Rick Riordan
I imagined she was going to say, You killed a Minotaur! or Wow, you're so awesome! or something like that. Instead she said, You drool when you sleep.
~ Rick Riordan
Yes, Jason Grace. Favonius arched an eyebrow. I fell in love with a dude . Does that shock you?
~ Rick Riordan
Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. It's green! Nico said with delight.
~ Rick Riordan
Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook —BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—which either meant a SWAT team was breaking down the door or Mrs. O'Leary was wagging her tail. I couldn't help but smile.
~ Rick Riordan
Sacred Sibyl!" I cried. "Madam, there is something wrong with your midsection!" The woman stopped, mystified, and looked down at her hugely swollen belly. "Well, I'm seven months pregnant.
~ Rick Riordan
Mugged by my own mother.
~ Rick Riordan