“I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera.

The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!”

—  Rick Riordan , book The Lightning Thief

Source: The Lightning Thief

Last update Oct. 24, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in …" by Rick Riordan?
Rick Riordan photo
Rick Riordan 1402
American writer 1964

Related quotes

“I thought of the brutal truths so often borne on predawn light. I'd had a few in my time, and they'd all led to this. I was a stranger to myself. I'd gone to law school for my father, married for my father; and for that same man, and for the vile woman who shared my bed, I'd surrendered my dreams of family — my very soul. Now he was dead and all I had was this truth: My life was not my own. It belonged to an empty shell that wore my face, Yet I refused to pity myself.”

John Hart (1965) American author with multiple books and awards

Source: The King of Lies (2006), Ch. 10.

“I love you' I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face… My fear was a greater one--that she won't say it back.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

Variant: I love you, I thought. But I didn’t say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one— that she won’t say it back.
Source: Beastly

Richard Nixon photo

“Oscar Wilde, Aristotle, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, were all homosexuals. Nero, of course, was, in a public way, in with a boy in Rome.”

Richard Nixon (1913–1994) 37th President of the United States of America

1970s, They're Born That Way (1971)

Dan Fogelberg photo

“Looking back now toward the start
You said you thought I'd lost my path
And I asked if you still considered love an art
And you said " No, I think it's more a craft"
And I just turned and laughed
I just had to turn and laugh.”

Dan Fogelberg (1951–2007) singer-songwriter, musician

Hearts and Crafts.
Song lyrics, Portrait - The Music of Dan Fogelberg (1997)

William Saroyan photo

“I had in my soul the greatest truths to tell, but when I came to the work of telling them I couldn't do it.”

William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer

The Bicycle Rider In Beverly Hills (1952)

Larry Niven photo

“I'd thought my way into this mess. I should be able to think my way out, shouldn't I?”

Larry Niven book Convergent Series

Source: Short fiction, Convergent Series (1979), Convergent Series (p. 103)

Billy Joel photo

“And so my child and I came to this place
To meet him eye to eye and face to face.
He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced.
We never knew what friends we had
Until we came to Leningrad.”

Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist

Leningrad.
Song lyrics, Storm Front (1989)

Natalie Merchant photo

“o, I believe
fate smiled and destiny
laughed as she came to my cradle
know this child will be able
laughed as she came to my mother
know this child will not suffer
laughed as my body she lifted
know this child will be gifted
with love, with patience and with faith
she'll make her way”

Natalie Merchant (1963) American singer-songwriter

Song lyrics, Tigerlily (1995), Wonder

“South of the border, down Mexico way.
That's where I fell in love where stars above, came out to play.
And now as I wonder, my thoughts ever stray
South of the border, down Mexico way.”

Jimmy Kennedy (1902–1984) Irish songwriter

Song South of the Border (1939)
Song lyrics

Jack Kerouac photo

“I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down.”

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer

Letter to Ed White (5 July 1950) as published in The Missouri Review, Vol. XVII, No. 3, 1994, page 137, and also quoted in Jack Kerouac: Angelheaded Hipster (1996) by Steve Turner, p. 117

Related topics