Percy Jackson Quotes

He was making a brave attempt, but Jason could see the sadness lingering in his eyes. Something had happened to him... something to do with Calypso.

~ Rick Riordan

I should throw you off this building minus the flying horse and see how heroic you sound on the way down.

~ Rick Riordan

If my mom told one more story about how cute I looked in the bathtub when I was three years old I was going to burrow into the snow and freeze myself to death.

~ Rick Riordan

Your former friend Luke Poseidon corrected. He once promised things like that. He was Hermes's pride and joy. Just bear that in mind Percy. Even the bravest can fall.

~ Rick Riordan

You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

~ Rick Riordan

My only thought was to keep him away from Annabeth.

~ Rick Riordan

Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook —BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—which either meant a SWAT team was breaking down the door or Mrs. O'Leary was wagging her tail.I couldn't help but smile.

~ Rick Riordan

Annabeth Thalia and I hadn't seen each other in months but between the blizzard and the thought of what we were about to do we were too nervous to talk much. Except for my mom. She talks more when she's nervous. By the time we finally got to Westover Hall it was getting dark and she'd told Annabeth and Thalia every embarrassing baby story there was to tell about me.

~ Rick Riordan

Grover started to sniffle and I figured if I didn't cheer him up he'd either start bawling or chewing up my mattress. He tends to eat household objects whenever he gets upset.

~ Rick Riordan

Beckendorf closed eyes tight and brought his hand up to his watch.from that distance, the explosion shook the world. Heat seared the back of my head. The Princess Andromeda blew up from both sides, a massive fireball ofgreen flame roiling into the dark sky, consuming everything....I stared out the window into deep blue water. Beckendorf was supposed to go to college in the fall. He had a girlfriend, lots of friends, his whole life ahead of him. He couldn't be gone.

~ Rick Riordan

The Minotaur unstrapped his axe and swung it around. It was beautiful in a harsh I’m~going~togut~you~like~a~fish kind of way. Each of its twin blades was shaped like an omega: Ω—the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Maybe that was because the axe would be the last thing his victims ever saw

~ Rick Riordan

I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing.

~ Rick Riordan

It was almost enough to make me turn vegetarian, except for the pesky fact that I loved cheeseburgers.

~ Rick Riordan

Street performances?A little singing. A little martial arts. Some interpretive dance.Wow.I know! The Portuguese have taste.

~ Nico And Gleeson Hedge

He scowled at Jason. And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again.

~ Rick Riordan

If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron wouldn't let us call the place the Poop Pile, especially after it had been named for Zeus, who doesn't have much of a sense of humor.

~ Rick Riordan

The truth hit him. Jason wasn't quite Roman anymore. His time at Camp Half-Blood had changed him. Reyna had recognized that. Apparently, so did the undead legionnaires. If Jason no longer gave off the right sort of vibe, or aura of a Roman leader...

~ Rick Riordan

Correct. Kekrops sounded bitter, like he regretted his decision. My people were the original Athenians--the gemini.Like your zodiac sign? Percy asked. I'm a Leo.No, stupid. I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.

~ Rick Riordan

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

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

~ Rick Riordan

Percy hefted a bronze grenade. ‘I hope you labelled these right.’ He yelled, ‘Die, Romans!’ and lobbed the grenade over the wall.

~ Rick Riordan

Annabeth shook her head. All these years sneaking around, and we could've just been ourse

~ Rick Riordan

We were ten feet away when we triggered the First Law of Percy Jackson

~ Rick Riordan

The only strange thing about Jackson was the tattoo on the inside of his forearm - a trident as dark as seared wood, with a single line underneath and the letters

~ Rick Riordan

Annabeth frowned. Percy's sword is a

~ Rick Riordan

Python opened his eyes. What do you want?To sing you songs about my awesomeness!Oh, please. Just kill me now.Okay! Apollo drew his bow and shot the snake between the eyes. Then he sang a song about his awesomeness.

~ Rick Riordan

I imagined she was going to say, You killed a Minotaur! or Wow, you're so awesome! or something like that. Instead she said, You drool when you sleep.

~ Rick Riordan

We couldn’t have done it without somebody else! We couldn’t have won this race or got the Fleece or saved Grover or anything! We owe our lives to Tyson, Percy’s…’‘Brother!’ I said, loud enough for everybody to hear. ‘Tyson, my baby brother.’Tyson blushed. The crowd cheered. Annabeth planted a kiss on my cheek.

~ Rick Riordan

For the first time, Cupid's gaze seemed sympathetic. Oh, I wouldn't say Love always makes you happy. His voice sounded smaller, much more human. Sometimes it makes you incredible sad. But at least you've faced it now. That's the only way to conquer me.

~ Rick Riordan

They’d seen his deepest secrets. They knew who he was, what he was. But they didn’t seem to care. No … they cared more. They weren’t judging him. They were concerned.

~ Rick Riordan

I know what you're gonna think, what you're gonna ask. Percy Jackson, why are you hanging from a Times Square billboard without your pants on, about to fall to your death?

~ Rick Riordan

Tyson put his hand on Grover´s shoulder I -I will go with him.I couldn´t believe I was hearing this. Tyson are you sure?The big guy nodded. Goat boy needs help. We will find the god person. I am not like Hephaestus. I trust friends.

~ Rick Riordan

Exquisitely painful, isn't it? Not being sure who you love and who loves you.

~ Rick Riordan

We're fresh out of flying boys.

~ Rick Riordan

Percy!’ Annabeth scolded. ‘You just opened another Monster Doughnut shop somewhere!

~ Rick Riordan

The others were a little surprised when Piper came back on a pegasus with two unconscious demigods.

~ Rick Riordan

Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of thing. After all those labors I had to complete for my evil cousin Eurystheus, well...I don't want to be that guy, you know?

~ Rick Riordan

We went about our usual routines - combat practice, volleyball practice, archery practice, strawberry-picking practice (don't ask), lava-wall-climbing practice ... You'll find we practice a lot here.

~ Rick Riordan

He turned to Harley, the oddly muscular eight-year-old son of Hephaestus. Want to come with? I might need help with the projector.A projectile! Yes! Harley pumped his

~ Rick Riordan

Nosoi?” Percy planted his feet in a fighting stance. “You know, I keep thinking, I have now killed every single thing in Greek mythology. But the list never seems to end.”“You haven’t killed me yet,” I noted.“Don’t tempt me.

~ Rick Riordan