Rick Riordan Quotes page 5

“Our baboon was going completely sky goddess - which is to say, nuts.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Zeus looked like a really buff, really angry hippie.”

“Leo frowned at the giant's spire. "Can't we blow it up or something?"
"Without me, you do not have the power," Hera said. "You might as well try to destroy a mountain."
"Done that once today," Jason said.”

Source: The Lost Hero

“Aphrodite,” [Annabeth] said.
“Venus?” Hazel asked in amazement.
“Mom,” Piper said with no enthusiasm.
“Girls!” The goddess spread her arms like she wanted a group hug.
The three demigods did not oblige. Hazel backed into a palmetto tree.”

Source: The Lost Hero

“Love is no game! It is no flowery softness! It is hard work- It demands everything from you- especially the truth. Only then does it yield results.”

Source: The Mark of Athena

“The last time I'd seen the Minotaur, he'd been wearing nothing but his tighty whities. I don't know why. Maybe he'd been shaken out of bed to chase me.”

Source: The House of Hades

“You’re not getting away from me. Never again.” - Percy”

Source: The Last Olympian

“Hmm…” Jason snapped his fingers. “I can call a friend for a ride.”
Percy raised his eyebrows. “Oh, yeah? Me too. Let's see whose friend gets here first.”

Source: The Mark of Athena

“You stood up to the dragon so Beckendorf would have his chance to jump - nowwas brave."
"Or pretty stupid."
"Percy, you're a brave guy," she said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard?”

Source: The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan book The Demigod Files

Source: The Demigod Files

“I guessed his name was Face of Horror. I wondered how long it had taken his mom to think of that. Bob? No. Sam? No. How about Face of Horror?”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.”

“The first time Calypso came to check on [Leo], it was to complain about the noise.
“Smoke and fire,” she said. “Clanging on metal all day long. You’re scaring away the birds!”
“Oh, no, not the birds!”

Source: The Mark of Athena

“Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater.”

Source: The House of Hades

“Atlantis?' Jason asked.
'That's a myth,' Percy said.
'Uh… don't we deal in myths?'
'No, I mean it's a MADE-UP myth. Not like, an actual true myth.'

'So this is why Annabeth is the brains of the operation, huh?”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank could think was: Please don't let there be an app for reading souls”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Source: The Son of Neptune

“Um, dad?" I called "How's it going?"
"Percy!" Annabeth whispered. "We're in a hurry!”

“So which way now, Sacagawea?" - Annabeth to Rachel”

Source: The Last Olympian

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we liked it!”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Source: The Son of Neptune

“Far, far below, red liquid bubbled. Blood? Lava? Evil ketchup? None of the posibilities were good.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?”

“Percy blinked. “So your brother is a winged horse. But you’re also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in the world are my…You know what? Lets’ forget it.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“You're pretty smug, Lord Ares, for a guy who runs from Cupid statues.”

Source: The Mark of Athena

“Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got thatlook.”
“I don’t have anlook.”
“Yeah, you totally do. Your eyebrows knit together and your lips press together and—”
“Do you have a pen?” she asked him.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“To my wonderful readers. Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger. I’ll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book. Well, except for maybe a few small ones… because I love you guys.”

Source: The House of Hades

“Different elevator music was playing since my last visit-that old disco song "Stayin' Alive." A terrifying image flashed through my mind of Apollo in bell-bottom pants and a slinky silk shirt.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“Cabin Fifteen does that to everyone," Annabeth warned. "If you ask me, this place is even more dangerous than the Ares cabin. At least with Ares, you can learn where the land mines are."
"Land mines?”

Source: The Last Olympian

“Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy
"Percy… Chiron's collection!”

Source: The Lost Hero

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“Destroy it?' Leo was appalled. 'You've got a life-size bronze dragon, and you want to destroy it?'
'It breathes fire,' Nyssa explained. 'It's deadly and out of control.'
'But it's a dragon!”

“She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a girl who didn't mind getting her hands dirty. But of course, that was just a general comment. Didn't apply to Calypso. Obviously.”

Source: The Lost Hero

“You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!”

Source: The House of Hades

“Leo dropped into the pool and approched the cage. "Hola, Tia. Little bit of trouble?"
She [Hera] crossed her arms and sighed in exasperation. "Don't inspect me like I'm one of your machines, Leo Valdez. Get me out of here!”

Variant: You promised, Seaweed Brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!”

“You’re impossible!”

“Love you too!
Source: The House of Hades

“Great, I thought. We just blowtorched a national monument.”

Source: The Lost Hero

“What are you talking about?" Narcissus demanded. "I am amazing. Everyone knows this."
"Amazing at pure suck," Leo said. "If I was as suck as you, I'd drown myself. Oh wait, you already did that.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“The wood nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They'd had centuries of practice running away from lovesick gods. But still, it was a little humiliating to be slower than a tree.”

Source: The Mark of Athena

“Down in the water, Octavian yelled, “Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!”
“Tempting,” Percy called down.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“Some pain shouldn't be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced.”

Source: The Mark of Athena

“That was so completely unfair that I told Tantalus to go chase a donut, which didn't help his mood.”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“Your head is full of kelp.”

“Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.”

Source: The Lightning Thief

“Seriously, who has monogrammed pajamas?”

Source: The House of Hades

“I can't get through the year without getting kicked out or blowing something up.”

Source: The Last Olympian

Rick Riordan

“Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!”

“Red cattle," Annabeth said. "The cattle of the sun."
"What?" I [Percy] asked.
"They're sacred to Apollo."
"Holy cows?”

Source: The Lost Hero

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“This is Buford,” Leo announced.
“You name your furniture?” Frank asked.”

“She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard.”

Source: The Mark of Athena

“Catch that last episode of Doctor Who? Oh, right. You were trudging through the Pit of Eternal Damnation!”

Source: The Mark of Athena

“We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.”
Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez in Croatia?”

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're going to save the world, I'm the best person to keep you from messing up.”

Source: The House of Hades