Rick Riordan citations

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“Stupides dieux des montagnes! hurla Léo. C’est la troisième fois que je remplace mon mât! Vous croyez que ça pousse sur les arbres ou quoi?
– Ben, répliqua Nico en fronçant les sourcils, les mâts sont faits avec des troncs d’arbre, non?
– C’est pas la question!”

“La connaissance ne s'offre pas. Elle se recherche et s'acquiert.”

“L’équipage se rassembla pour une réunion improvisée sur le pont avant, principalement parce que Percy surveillait un serpent de mer géant qui évoluait entre les vagues, à bâbord.
– Il est méchamment rouge, ce monstre, murmura Percy. Je me demande s’il est aromatisé grenadine?
– Si tu sautais à l’eau pour vérifier? lui lança Annabeth.
– Peut-être pas, nan.”

“Frank attrapa un des pancakes, le roula et l’entama. Il n’était pas du genre à se laisser couper l’appétit par un risque de mort imminente.”

“Bref, dit Frank, d’après mes cousins de Pylos, le dieu enchaîné qu’on doit trouver à Sparte est mon père. Enfin, Arès, pas Mars. Apparemment, les Spartiates gardaient dans leur ville une statue de lui couvert de chaînes pour que l’esprit de la guerre ne les quitte jamais.
– D’accord, dit Léo. Les Spartiates étaient grave zoum-zoum. En même temps, nous, avec la Victoire ficelée dans l’écurie, on peut pas la ramener.”

“Avance, avance, se disait-il. Cheeseburgers, lui répondait son estomac. La ferme, pensait-il. Avec des frites, gémissait son estomac.”

“Nico s’avança. – J’ai communiqué avec les morts hier soir. Il pouvait balancer ce genre de phrases comme ça, aussi facilement qu’il aurait dit : J’ai reçu un texto d’un pote.”

“Annabeth se frotta les yeux en se demandant si elle rêvait toujours. – C’est une quatre fromages ?!”

“Exact, répondit Cécrops avec amertume, comme s’il regrettait ses décisions. Mes sujets étaient les premiers Athéniens, les gémeaux.
– Comme ton signe astrologique? demanda Percy. Moi je suis Lion.
– Mais non, dit Léo. Tu dois être Poissons, toi. Lion, c’est pour Léo.”

“Di Immortales!”

“Like death, his father's presence was cold and often callous, but it was real -- brutally honest, inescapably dependable.”

“As for me, I did the stupidest thing in my life, which is saying a lot. I attacked the Titan Lord Atlas.”

“For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest WHAT IF.”

“Who are you and why are you my cat?”

“But too much love is poison, especially when that love is not returned.”

“I turned to Alex. 'Hey, are you female today?'
'Hold on… There! Now I'm female.'
My expression must have been priceless.
Alex burst out laughing. 'I'm kidding. Yes, I'm female today. She and her.”

“Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!”

“I’ll distract them,” Carter said. “You search. The Trophy room is through there.”
“Carter!”
But the fool ran off to protect me. I hate when he does that.”

“Armed with my sword and wand, I was all set for a stroll through the swamp to look for a hungry monster. Oh, joy!”

“Blades before babes, you know what I’m saying?”

“Stand your ground!" Stheno yelled. "I've got free samples!”

“Amos sipped his coffee. The faraway look on his face reminded me of my dad. “I don’t want to scare you.”
“Too late.”

“Oh, why does college have to happen to perfectly good people?”

“I don't feel that way anymore," Nico muttered. "I mean… I gave up on Percy. I was young and impressionable, and I-I don't…”

“It’s hard to look in charge when you’re hunched over like Quasimodo.”

“Annabeth smiled. “I don’t know the ocean very well, but my boyfriend does. I think it’s time you met Percy.”

“Keep a demon busy, I thought. Right. Maybe he fancies a game of Tiddlywinks.”

“Amy gritted her teeth. "King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot!"
Jonah looked at his dad. "Do we have souvenir chamber pots?"
"No." His dad whipped out his phone. "I'll make the call.”

“Things will work out - maybe just not the way you plan”

“Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.”

“When in doubt, start from the top.
-Jason Grace”

“Me, I’m late to meet my girlfriend. Annabeth is going to kill me.
Hope you enjoyed the stories. Stay safe out there, demigods.
Peace from Manhattan,
Percy Jackson”

“Good luck, boss. Don't let'em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)”

“Zeus did not answer. He was probably too busy recording my humiliation to share on Snapchat.”

“Seriously, who curses you with their dying breath and says, I hope your eye twitches!”

“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.”