Rick Riordan Quotes

She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts.

The real world is where the monsters are.

"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."

"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'."

"I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.

You sneaked into my cabin?”
Annabeth rolled her eyes. “Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two months. You can’t seriously be worried about getting in trouble with Coach Hedge.”
“Uh, have you seen his baseball bat?”
“Besides, Seaweed Brain, I just thought we could take a walk. We haven’t had any time to be together alone. I want to show you something — my favorite place aboard the ship.”
Percy’s pulse was still in overdrive, but it wasn’t from fear of getting in trouble. “Can I, you know, brush my teeth first?”
“You'd better,” Annabeth said. “Because I’m not kissing you until you do. And brush your hair while you’re at it.

Annabeth: Hey, Seaweed Brain.
Percy: Will you stop calling me that?
Annabeth: You know you love it.

The sea does not like to be restrained.

Does truth have a moral?

Suspecting and knowing are not the same.

Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?

"My brother broke into a toothy grin. "Yay! Your brain works!

"Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did.
Through the face guard of his skull-shaped helmet, he smiled. "Got your message. Is it too late to join the party?"
"Son of Hades." Kronos spit on the ground. "Do you love death so much you wish to experience it?"
"Your death," Nico said, "would be great for me."
"I'm immortal, you fool! I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live."
Nico drew his sword-three feet of wicked sharp Stygian iron, black as a nightmare. "I don't agree.