Rick Riordan Quotes

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“Bring it on, Pinecone Face!”

“I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!”
It was an odd battle cry.”

“It was almost enough to make me turn vegetarian, except for the pesky fact that I loved cheeseburgers.”

“So now I get the scepter?" Jason asked.

Cupid laughed.”

“You can't call a ninja lord dweeb.”

“How flattering,” I grumbled. “My soul glows.”

“Not that my regularly scheduled life was so great, but it beat getting judged unworthy by twelve bearded guys named Erik.”

“Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much.”

“Jason looked like her was trying to figure out an equation. "Let me get this straight. Your table ran away… because you polished him with windex.”

“Jason’s heart lifted when he saw Nico di Angelo on the front lines with the Greeks, slashing his way through a crowd of two-headed men.”

“The whole campfire idea freaked Piper out. It made her think of that huge purple bonfire in the dreams, and her father tied to a stake.
What she got instead was almost as terrifying: a sing-along.”

“Did they live happily ever after?
HAHAHAHAHA. No.”

“As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.”

“Leo grabbed the neasrest thing he could find- a Porta-Potty seat- and threw it at the face. Leve me alone!”

“You will not believe me, but I am proud of your strength. Sometimes… sometimes the only way I can care for my children is to keep my distance.”

“All I could think to say was, "The Lakers are my home team!”

“Of course, most mortals can't see magic clearly, so I'm not sure what theythey saw as we passed overhead. No doubt it caused many of them to adjust their medication.”

“Imitation is flattery”

“Immortals are constrained by ancient rules. But a hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
-Chiron”

“He pushed that thoughts away. He didn't like painful memories. Keep moving -- that was his motto. Don't dwell in things. Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness.”

“Bianca di Angelo shivered. "That explains Nico, you remember last summer, those guys
who tried to attack us in the alley in DC?"
"And that bus driver," Nico said. "The one with the ram's horns. I *told* you that was real.”

“Think positive girl, or the world ends.”

“I keep forgetting about your amnesia. Heh. Forgetting about amnesia. That's funny.”

“No!" Amy said. "Dan, you're lucky it was only concussive. You could've wiped out the whole Holt family."

"And that would've been bad because…?”

“NOW, MY BRETHREN!" Poseidon's voice was so loud I wasn't sure if I was hearing it from the smoke image or from all the way across town. "STRIKE FOR OLYMPUS!”

“If you don't like it you can kiss my quiver”

“Alabaster, you told me earlier that heroes don't die. You may be right, but I can tell you one thing." Claymore looked the boy in the eyes. "I'm not a hero.”

“Isis and Horus," he said. "I see you've found new bodies.”

“Ah, but I’m wise,” Athena said. “Wise enough to make you do it instead.”

“Hey, you’re lucky. My cabin is closest to the stables. I can hear her yelling all night: FIRST PLACE OR DEATH! AN A MINUS IS A FAILING GRADE! Leo really needs to design a gag that’s better than my old sock.”

“Just curious how much I'm going for these days," Leo said. "I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe… but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks?”

“Death is sometimes kinder than Love.”

“Athena always, always has a plan.”

“You can't swing a cat in Ancient Greece without hitting one of Zeus's ex-girlfriends.”

“I imagined loading the God of the Sea into a taxi and taking him to the Upper East Side.”

“Eating next to a twenty-foot-long crocodile took some getting used to, but Philip was well trained. He only ate bacon, stray waterfowl, and the occasional invading monster.”

“I’m a cat. I respect the sanctity of sleep.”

“Thank Artemis, it is you! That little scar on your lip--you tried to eat a stapler when you were two!"
…
Hedge nodded like he approved of Jason's taste. "Staplers--excellent source of iron.”

“Whasthat!"
"Um… those are the toilets.”

“But not like this: not with
the house just an afterimage, and my mom a spirit, and my dad… recycled.”

“Monsters are eternal,” she told him, trying to keep herself from sobbing. “We will remember you and Damasen as heroes, as the best Titan and the best giant. We'll tell our children. We'll keep the story alive. Someday, you will regenerate.”

“Honestly, I thought I was going to be a kite forever, suffocating inside a little feathery prison. And he had the nerve to make fun!”

“I still don't get it" Coach Hedge muttered as they roamed the centre aisle. "They named a whole town after Leo's table?"
"I think the town was here first, Coach" Nico said.”

“Get up seaweed brain”

“The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head.”

“If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff?”

“Entertain me, heroes of Olympus. Give me a reason to do more."

Bacchus to Percy and Jason”

“I (Percy) set Nico on guard duty with Beckendorf and the Stoll brothers, figuring he'd be safely out of the way.
…
"What's happening?" Nico demanded, trying to climb up next to me.”

“Personally, I could do without prophecies or quests for awhile.”