Rick Riordan Quotes page 18

“Nico jumped into the crowd, kicking groins, smacking faces with the flat of his blade, bashing helmets with his pommel. In ten seconds, the Romans all lay groaning and dazed on the ground.”

Source: The Demigod Files

“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.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

“For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across--hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible waste management, if you ask me.”

“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.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“It's like I was connected to the plumping system.”

“June smiled. "So what will it be? Safety, or a future of pain and possibility?”

Source: The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Source: The Son of Neptune

“Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "'clean'" it, and suddenly you can't find anything?”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“Their goal was in sight. They had a Titan with a very loud kitten on their side. That had to count for something.”

“Also, Ares developed a serious fear of jars. I think I'm going to get him a nice one for Christmas.”

“Yes, Jason Grace." Favonius arched an eyebrow. "I fell in love with a. Does that shock you?”

Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

“Mugged by my own mother.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“Mr. D," Grover asked timidly, "if you're not going to eat it, could I have your Diet Coke can?”

“If I ever become a king, I’m totally going to ask him for an army of giant golden acid-spitting llamas. Okay, sorry. I got distracted again.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“Hope," Frank grumbled. "I'd rather have a few good weasels.”

Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Source: The Son of Neptune

“But yes. Come, faulty dragon people. Follow us.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the trainees, so I led my usual morning class. I called it Magic Problem-Solving 101. The trainees called it Whatever Works.”

Rick Riordan book The Throne of Fire

Source: The Throne of Fire

“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 book The Son of Sobek

Source: The Son of Sobek

“My favorite son!" Gaea cried. "You are awesome! I knew I could count on you, uh… which one are you again?”

“Nico," he said gently, "I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.”

Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Variant: Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.
Source: The House of Hades

“He offered to stop the tide for me once. He offered to build me a palace at the bottom of the sea.”

“I don’t leave her speechless very often. I have to enjoy those rare moments.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan book The Demigod Diaries

Source: The Demigod Diaries

“Used to be goddy Now uptown feeling shoddy Bah, haiku don’t rhyme”

Rick Riordan book The Hidden Oracle

Source: The Hidden Oracle

“My mother says looking is the nature of wisdom.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“Because Hope survives best at the Hearth.”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Variant: Hope survives best at the hearth.
Source: The Last Olympian

“Clovis,’ Nico growled, ‘for the gods’ sake, stop dreaming so powerfully!”

“Silena appeared out of the woods, her sword drawn. Her Aphrodite armour was pink and red, colour coordinated to match her clothes and makeup. She looked like Guerilla Warfare Barbie.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“I tried to talk to Annabeth, but she was acting like I'd just punched her grandmother.”

Source: The Demigod Files

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“I stepped forward. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted to keep his focus on me and not Annabeth. I think it’s polite for a guy to protect his girlfriend from instant incineration.”

“A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.”

Source: The Demigod Files

Rick Riordan book The Throne of Fire

Source: The Throne of Fire

“The Ancient Egyptians were not fools, Carter. They built the pyramids. They created the first great nation state. Their civilization lasted thousands of years.”
“Yeah,” I said. “And now they’re gone.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Look, I never wanted to be a half-blood. most of the time it gets you killed in nasty, dangerous ways.”

“Chiron probably wanted me to say, Heck it wa nothing. I eat hellhounds for breakfast. But I didn't feel like lying.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“The two of them looked so comfortable together it made Nico glad. But it also it caused an ache in his heart – a ghostly pain, like an old war wound throbbing in bad weather.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. I wondered how many times he’d sat here, waiting for heroes that never came back.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“As for her charmspeak, she’d gotten so powerful it made Leo nervous. If she told him to eat his vegetables, he might actually do it.”

“Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough.
The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan book The Son of Sobek

Source: The Son of Sobek

“One guy wore nothing but a Speedo. He’d painted himself blue and was armed only with a baseball bat. Across his chest were the words COME AT ME, BRO.”

Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

“Defeating one ant had taken all my energy. (I don’t think I have ever written a sadder sentence than that.)”

Rick Riordan book The Hidden Oracle

Source: The Hidden Oracle

“They chose the olive"
"They must really like olives"
"Forget it"
"Now if she invented pizza that i can understand"
-Percy to Annabeth in the lightning theif”

“He’s a restless soul, always looking for another chance to drive,’ Nico said. ‘The last few years, he’s been my driver whenever I need one.’
‘You have a zombie chauffeur,’ Leila said.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“I wondered if I should start a small fire in Percy Jackson's sink, perhaps burn some bandages in thanks, but I decided that might strain that Jackson's hospitality.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan book The Hidden Oracle

Source: The Hidden Oracle

“And I was holding someone who was destined to be my best friend, or possibly my worst enemy.”

“The thing about talking swords…it’s hard to tell when they’re kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.”

Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

“He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing.”

“He had arrived at Camp Half-Blood thanks to Apollo. Now, on what would likely be his last day at camp, he was stuck with a son of Apollo.
‘Whatever,’ Nico said. ‘But we have to hurry. And you’ll follow my lead.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“I turned to Thalia. ‘I’ll hold the flower while you beat up the thief?’
She sighed. ‘Fine. Let’s go catch this jerk.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“And flash him!” Annabeth’s face reddened. “That came out wrong. But yeah, good idea.”

Source: The Demigod Files