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Rick Riordan Quotes: 153

With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
The Last Olympian
When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's long out of print now, but its mix of macabre humor and 1960s psychedelia made it a perfect children's book for the times.
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
The Lightning Thief
I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.
Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.
The Titan's Curse
Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
The Lightning Thief
Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Love conquers all,"Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?" "Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?" "Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.
The Titan's Curse
Wow,"Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god,"I said."That's not what I meant.
The Titan's Curse
How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big bathtub.
The Lightning Thief
Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned. "That's us,"he said. "Those five nuts right there." "Which one is me?"I asked. "The little deformed one,"Zoe suggested. "Oh, shut up.
The Titan's Curse
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?" "I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you." "Why?" "Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?
The Lightning Thief
I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush.
Dreams like a podcast,Downloading truth in my ears.They tell me cool stuff." "Apollo?"I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred." "A god named Fred?
Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.
The Sea of Monsters
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
The Lightning Thief
Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
The Lightning Thief
Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
The Lightning Thief
You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Um...is that thing tame?"Frank said.The horse whinnied angrily."I don't think so,"Percy guessed. "He just said, 'I will trample you to death, silly Chinese Canadian baby man'.
The Son of Neptune
Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
The Lightning Thief
God alert!"Blackjack yelled. "It's the wine dude!Mr. D sighed in exasperation. "The next person, or horse, who calls me the 'wine dude' will end up in a bottle of Merlot!
The Titan's Curse
It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
The Last Olympian
Rachel: You're a half-blood, too?Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about?Rachel: Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren't human! They're half Greek god!...They don't seem to care.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
We're staying together,"he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
The Mark of Athena
It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.
The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.
The Last Olympian
Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.
She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.
The Lightning Thief
She glared at me like she was about to punch me, but then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me."Be careful seaweed brain."She said putting on her invisible cap and disappearing.I probably would have sat there all day, trying to remember my name, but then the sea demons came.
[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that.
The Sea of Monsters
Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.
The Mark of Athena
It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive. After all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together. She loved him for saying that.
The Mark of Athena
My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.Am I a troubled kid?Yeah. You could say that.
The Lightning Thief
Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
I have lightning and wind powers,"Jason reminded him. "Piper can turn beautiful and charm people into giving her BMWs. You're no more a freak than we are. And, hey, maybe you can fly, too. Like jump off a building and yell 'Flame on!'"Leo snorted. "If I did that, you would see a flaming kid falling to his death, and I would be yelling something a little stronger than 'Flame on!
The Lost Hero
She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts.
The Titan's Curse
I'm calm,"Rachel insisted. "Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervous about?" "Look,"I said. "I'm sorry about the band room. I hope they didn't kick you our or anything." "Nah. They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb." "Was it hard?"Annabeth asked.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. "I'm glad you're not a guinea pig." "Me, too."I hoped my face wasn't as red as it felt.
The Sea of Monsters
I said hello to the poodle.
The Lightning Thief
But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Jeez, Hazel,"Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."Hazel tried not to laugh. "What did he say?" "With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top."Frank looked incredulous. "I thought the horse couldn't fly!"This time Arion whinnied so angrily, even Hazel could guess he was cursing."Dude,"Percy told the horse, "I've gotten suspended for saying less than that...
The Son of Neptune
I turned to Dionysus. "You cured him?" "Madness is my specialty. It was quite simple." "But...you did something nice. Why?"He raised and eyebrow. "I am nice! I simple ooze niceness, Perry Johansson. Haven't you noticed?
The Battle of the Labyrinth
I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
The Last Olympian
This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.
The Mark of Athena
You're a stalker with hooves." "I am not! I followed her to the Big House and hid in a bush and watched the whole thing.
The Titan's Curse
Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write. Frank looked at Percy with wide eyes. He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form?Percy mouthed back, No. Shut up.
The Son of Neptune