Rick Riordan Quotes

Before I could lose my courage, I said, Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?I figured she would punch me. Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching toward us. Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then, we'll see.

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The Princess Andromeda?Went ka-boom.

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I stared at him (Dionysus). You're...you're married? But I thought you got in trouble for chasing a wood nymph-

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Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet.You'll be just as annoying? I guessed.He fixed my with those warm brown eyes. Or perhaps you could bring me up to speed on those modern courtship rituals.I sat there stunned until he gave me a glimpse of a smile-just enough to let me know he was teasing. Then he disappeared.Oh, very funny! I yelled.

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Leo had seen Tia Callida in action; she liked knives, snakes and putting babies in roaring fires. Yeah, definitely let's unleash her rage. Great idea.

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She wondered if it was her stupid mother, the goddess of love, messing with her thoughts. If Piper started getting urges to read fashion magazines, she was going to have to find Aphrodite and smack her.

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You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you chicken man?

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I past another telkhine, who was so startled he dropped his Lil' Demons lunch box. I left him alive - partly because he had a cool lunch box...

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

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Frank stared at her. But you throw Ding Dongs at monsters.Iris looked horrified. Oh, they're not Ding Dongs.She rummaged under the counter and brought out a package of chocolate covered cakes that looked exactly like Ding Dongs. These are gluten-free, no-sugar-added, vitamin-enriched, soy-free, goat-milk-and-seaweed-based cupcake simulations.All natural! Fleecy chimed in.I stand corrected. Frank suddenly felt as queasy as Percy.

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But Grover’s voice was already growing fainter. ‘Sweet dreams. Don’t let me die!

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That's it, cupcake. You're going down.

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It was beautiful in a harsh I'm-going-to-gut-you-like-a-fish kind of way.

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If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.

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Felix believed that the answer to every problem involved penguins; but it wasn't fair to birds, and I was getting tired of teleporting them back home. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy.

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Holy mother!Hmph. More like holy father. I'd think you'd know the difference.-Hephaetus

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Leo. Jason said, you're wierd. Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. But if you don't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes. Come on!

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We were just looking at maps...

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Then there were the shabti, magical figurines that were supposed to come to life when summoned. A few months ago, I’d fallen for a girl named Zia Rashid, who’d turned out to be a shabti. Falling in love for the first time had been hard enough. But when the girl you like turns out to be ceramic and cracks to pieces before your eyes—well, it gives “breaking your heart” a new meaning.

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Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.

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He was dressed just like on TV, with lots of silver chains and bracelets, ripped jeans, and a black muscle shirt (Which was kind of stupid, since he didn't have any muscles).

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Hope does not leave without being given permission.

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Does truth have a moral?

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It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.

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Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth,” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?

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So,’ Nico said, ‘since we’re going to be spending at least a year seeing each other at camp, I think I should clear the air.’ Percy’s smile wavered. ‘What do you mean?

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We’re fine.’ A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

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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.

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But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.

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He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

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Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

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After his experience with Minos, Nico realized that most spectres held only as much power as you allowed them to have. They pried into your mind, using fear or anger or longing to influence you. Nico had learned to shield himself. Sometimes he could even turn the tables and bend ghosts to his will.

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Nico knew something about ghosts. Letting them get inside your head was dangerous. He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone who tried to get close, he couldn’t exactly criticize Reyna for doing the same thing.

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The main thing about ghosts – most of them have lost their voices. In Asphodel, millions of them wander around aimlessly, trying to remember who they were. You know why they end up like that? Because in life they never took a stand one way or another. They never spoke out, so they were never heard. Your voice is your identity. If you don’t use it,’ Nico said with a shrug, ‘you’re halfway to Asphodel already.’…He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

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Annabeth,” he said hesitantly, “in New Rome, demigods can live their whole lives in peace.” Her expression turned guarded. “Reyna explained it to me. But, Percy, you belong at Camp Half-Blood. That other life—”“I know,” Percy said. “But while I was there, I saw so many demigods living without fear: kids going to college, couples getting married and raising families. There’s nothing like that at Camp Half-Blood. I kept thinking about you and me…and maybe someday when this war with the giants is over…”It was hard to tell in the golden light, but he thought Annabeth was blushing. “Oh,” she said…“I’m sorry,” he said. “I just…I had to think of that to keep going. To give me hope. Forget I mentioned—”“No!” she said. “Gods, Percy, that’s so sweet.

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

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I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

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[Iris] squeezed his hand. Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.

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That's what makes heroes so special. You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal.

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Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne.

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