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Richard Russell Riordan Jr. is an American author. He is known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, about a twelve-year-old Percy Jackson who discovers he is a son of Greek God Poseidon. His books have been translated into 42 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US. 20th Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.

Riordan's first full-length novel was Big Red Tequila, which became the first book in the Tres Navarre series. His big breakthrough was The Lightning Thief , the first novel in the five-volume Percy Jackson series, which placed a group of adolescents in a Greco-Roman mythological setting. Since then, Riordan has written The Kane Chronicles trilogy and The Heroes of Olympus series. The Kane Chronicles focused on Egyptian mythology; The Heroes of Olympus was the sequel to the Percy Jackson series. Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop The 39 Clues series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book, The Maze of Bones . His most recent publications are three books in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series, based on Norse mythology. The first book of his The Trials of Apollo series based on Greek mythology, The Hidden Oracle, was released in May 2016. Wikipedia  

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Rick Riordan Quotes

“Thanks for everything.”
“As you wish,” the captain said. If axes could frown, I’m sure he would have.
“Stay sharp,” Carter told him.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Surfing?” he asked. She laughed, and the sound sent a shock wave through the water. The wailing faded to background noise. Annabeth wondered if anyone had ever laughed in Tartarus before—just a pure, simple laugh of pleasure. She doubted it.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

“I held out my dad’s magic box and let it o, sure it would smash to the floor. Instead, the box disappeared.
“Cool,” I said. “Sure you I can get it back?”
“No,” Bast said. “Now come on!”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Leo,” Jason said, “you’re weird.”
“Yeah, you tell me that a lot.” Leo grinned. “But if you don’t remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes…!”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Variant: Leo. Jason said, you're wierd. Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. But if you don't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes. Come on!
Source: The Lost Hero

“The first thing we pulled out was a lump of white gunk.
“Wax,” Carter pronounced.
“Fascinating.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“All we can do, child, is follow our destiny.”

Rick Riordan book The Lightning Thief

Source: The Lightning Thief

“I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Variant: I don’t define myself by the boys who may or may not like me
Source: The Blood of Olympus

“What about King Tut’s tomb?” I protested.
“That boy king?” Zia rolled her eyes. “Boring. You should see some of the good tombs.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.

-Hephaestus”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“Nico and Hazel exchanged looks. They both knew better, but they said nothing.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“You've got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"
"You'd probably kick my butt."
"You know I'd kick your butt.”

Rick Riordan

“And I could always set Coach Hedge on fire,” Leo volunteered. “Then he can be fire.” The thought of a blazing satyr screaming, “Die, scumbag!” as he attacked Gaea was almost enough to make Piper laugh— almost.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

“Leo scratched his head. Well, I dunno about enchiladas- "Enceladus" Piper corrected. Whatever. But Old Potty Face mentioned another name. Porpoise Fear, or something?”

Rick Riordan

“I would've hit the water hard, but at the last second I changed into a falcon.

~Carter Kane”

Rick Riordan book The Serpent's Shadow

Source: The Serpent's Shadow

“The house of Life doesn’t trust our family, especially after what Dad and Mom did. Amos said we were raised apart for a reason, so we wouldn’t trigger each other’s magic.”
“Bloody awful reason to keep us apart,” I muttered.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Dejardins was so stunned, he momentarily forgot how to speak English. "Ce n'est pas possible. On ne pourrait pas-”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Big brothers are the ones who are supposed to pull their punches. Little sisters—well, we should be able
to hit as hard as we like, shouldn’t we?”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“I tried to look confused, which is one of my most convincing expressions.”

Rick Riordan book The Crown of Ptolemy

Source: The Crown of Ptolemy

“I can see hope inside it."

Rachel ran her fingers over the ceramic designs.

"So fragile.”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“Intelligence won wars, not brute force.”

Rick Riordan book The Staff of Serapis

Source: The Staff of Serapis

“Annabeth jogged towards us, giving me one of those annoyed expressions like, If you get yourself killed, I’m going to murder you.”

Rick Riordan book The Crown of Ptolemy

Source: The Crown of Ptolemy

“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 book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“You see that massive giantess blocking the river?” “Technically speaking,” Jack said, “I can’t see anything, because I don’t have eyes. But yes, I see the giant.”

Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

“My stomach churned. The monster had mimicked Thalia perfectly. If I'd heard that voice in the dark, calling for help, I would've run straight toward it.”

Rick Riordan book The Demigod Diaries

Source: The Demigod Diaries

“He had a crush on a blueberry bush once.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“Freak is easily spooked. Flesh-eating monsters tend to scare him away. So do fireworks, clowns, and the smell of Sadie's weird British Ribena drink. (Can't blame him on that last one. Sadie grew up in London and developed some pretty strange tastes.”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Sobek

Source: The Son of Sobek

“Just don't ask me to deliver any more satyr babies and we'll get along great.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“I grabbed a pair of glowing red legs.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“You set us up!”
“No! I swear—” Her face fell. “Mel. Mel must’ve told him.”
“Right,” I grumbled. “Blame Mel.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“You have a humming dodo bird," I said stupidly.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“I knew there was a reason I didnt turn you into a banana slug."
Leonid'd eyes widened. "No banana slug! Please!"
"It was a compliement, silly. Forbidden is good! Sadie likes forbidden!”

Rick Riordan

“Are you a ghost?”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Grand buildings made her feel better--maybe because being in a place so permanent made her feel more permanent.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

“I'm scared," Nico mumbled. He was fiddling with something—a little metal toy soldier of some kind.
"Stop talking!" Dr. Thorn said. "Face me!”

Rick Riordan book The Titan's Curse

Source: The Titan's Curse

“Knowledge isn't always good for you.”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“Oh, I see,” Poseidon said. “A shame. I quite like blow-fish. I am Poseidon.”
“Poseidon? That’s an interesting name.”
“Yes, I like it. I’ve gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon.”
“Like the god of the sea.”
“Very much like that, yes.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“It knew that the earth goddess intended on razing all human civilization, and this city, which had stood ffor thousands of years, was saying back to her: You wanna dissolve this city, Dirt Face? Give it a shot.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

“I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary. I think that's why I want to be an architect."
"To build something permanent," I said. "A monument to last a thousand years.”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“Actually,” he said, “you’re not far off. Uncle Leo brought some toys for all you good little demigods.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“In that moment, he chose Greek. He threw in his lot with Camp Half-Blood-and the horses changed. The storm clouds inside burned away, leaving nothing but red dust and shimmering heat, like mirages on the Sahara.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

“If you've seen a crab's mouth, all foamy and gross with whiskers and snapping bits, you can imagine this one didn't look any better blown up to billboard size.”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“you know festus means happy in Latin right? You want us to go save the world on Happy the dragon?"
-Jason to Leo in the lost hero”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“Lovely. Imprisoned in a nursery school dungeon.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid