Rick Riordan: Likeness

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“Weapons are allowed. Dirty tricks are expected. But try not to kill anybody!” Tantalus smiled at us like we were all naughty children. “Any killing will result in harsh punishment. No s’mores at the campfire for a week! Now ready your chariots!”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“Reyna had always thought of Jason Grace as the all-American boy. Thalia looked more like the girl who robbed all-American boys at knifepoint in an alley.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“Just like the good old days: marching together into the unknown, searching for missing magical weapons and risking painful death. I’d missed my buddies!”

Rick Riordan book The Hammer of Thor

Source: The Hammer of Thor

“Water liked to be free. Given time, water could overcome any barrier, and it hated to be trapped, just like Percy.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

“When they ran up to him, Percy said, 'Hey,' like they were just meeting for lunch or something.

'You're alive!' Frank marveled.

Percy frowned. 'The fall? That was nothing. I fell twice that far from the St. Louis Arch.'

'You didHazel asked.”

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“Makes us appreciate blessing, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus.”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“They're not so bad. They just need some attention…. Like pets. Or my brother.”

Rick Riordan book The Serpent's Shadow

Source: The Serpent's Shadow

“Excuse me, have you seen Death? Big guy with black feathery wings? Likes to reap souls?”

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Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

“Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. But she did something that surprised me even more…

She kissed me.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“My eyes were gray—more like my cousin Annabeth’s than my mom’s.”

Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

“No doubt she was thinking, Who dressed this poor girl like a traffic light?”

Rick Riordan book The Hidden Oracle

Source: The Hidden Oracle

“My face felt like my normal face, as if that part of me hadn’t transformed into a bird. [Fine, Sadie. Call me the Carter-headed chicken. Happy? ]”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Frank gave Leo a confused smile- like he couldn't decide whether to gloat or to thank Leo for being a doofus- but he cheerfully let Hazel drag him along.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

“We heard the army before we saw it.
The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“Lei had recently discovered how to change the display, like the Times Square JumboTron, so now the banner read: Merry Christmas! All your presents belong to Leo!”

Rick Riordan book The Demigod Diaries

Variant: Leo had recently discovered how to change the display, like the Times Square JumboTron, so now the banner read: Merry Christmas! All your presents belong to Leo!
Source: The Demigod Diaries

“Throwing down your staff may sound like a sign of surrender, but in Egyptian magic, it's bad news. It usually means, 'Hey, I'm going to summon a big nasty thing to kill you while I stand safely inside my circle and laugh'.”

Rick Riordan book The Throne of Fire

Source: The Throne of Fire

“For an absurd moment, I wondered if Ammit devoured the hearts of wicked cows, and if he liked the beefy taste.

- Carter Kane”

Rick Riordan book The Serpent's Shadow

Source: The Serpent's Shadow

“Percy hated tests. Since he'd lost his memory, his whole life was one big fill-in-the-blank. He was _____, from _____. He felt like _____, and if the monsters caught him, he'd be _____.”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Variant: Since Percy’d lost his memory, his whole life was one big fillin-the-blank. He was____________________, from____________________. He felt like
____________________, and if the monsters
caught him, he’d be____________________.
Source: The Son of Neptune

“She stared at me. "Fly,; ole, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, AND carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb?"
"Yeah," I said. "Pretty much exactly like that.”

Rick Riordan book The Lightning Thief

Source: The Lightning Thief