Top 100 Rick Riordan Quotes
#1. The Web or card experience is not at all going to replicate the book experience, nor is the book experience going to replicate the Web.
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#2. Reyna looked at Percy without much hope. "You do have a plan?"
Percy wanted to step forward bravely and say, No, I don't!
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#3. You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!
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#4. Even before he got electrocuted, Jason was having a rotten day.
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#5. No one can hate you more than someone who used to love you.
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#6. Dylan? Are you kidding me? I'm breathing Dylan?" "Yes," Kym said. "That seems to be his name.
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#7. Even strength has to bow down to wisdom sometimes.
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#8. For an absurd moment, I wondered if Ammit devoured the hearts of wicked cows, and if he liked the beefy taste.
- Carter Kane
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#9. Strong and brave, Frank could believe. Picturing Grandmother as good or beautiful was more difficult.
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#10. You know how teachers tell you the magic word is 'please'? That's not true. The magic word is 'puke'. It will get you out of class faster than anything else.
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#11. Did someone just call me the wine dude?" he asked in a lazy drawl. "It's Bacchus, please. Or Mr. Bacchus. Or Lord Bacchus. Or, sometimes, Oh-My-Gods-Please-Don't-Kill-Me, Lord Bacchus.
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#12. How flattering," I grumbled. "My soul glows.
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#13. That's a relief. I hate it when scholars disagree.
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#14. We passed through glowering statues of monsters and gods whom I'd fought in person- the vulture Nekhbet, who'd once possessed my Gran (Long story); the crocodile Sobek, who'd tried to kill my cat (longer story); and the lion goddess Sekhmet, whom we'd once vanished with hot sauce (don't even ask)
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#15. Right ... so when Apophis breaks out, he'll try to destroy Ma'at, the order of the universe. He'll swallow the sun, plunge the earth into eternal darkness, and otherwise make us have a very bad day.
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#16. Percy inhaled the muffin. The coffee was great. Now, Percy thought, if he could just get a shower, a change of clothes, and some sleep, he'd be golden. Maybe even Imperial golden.
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#17. WHEN SHE RECOUNTED her dream for Percy, the ship's toilets exploded.
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#18. The last time I'd seen the Minotaur, he'd been wearing nothing but his tighty whities. I don't know why. Maybe he'd been shaken out of bed to chase me.
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#19. Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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#21. What are you talking about?" Narcissus demanded. "I am amazing. Everyone knows this."
"Amazing at pure suck," Leo said. "If I was as suck as you, I'd drown myself. Oh wait, you already did that.
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#22. June smiled. So what will it be? Safety, or a future of pain and possibility?
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#24. Curse us eh/I'll make you pay!/I don't want to rhyme all day!
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#25. We tend to think of divorced or complicated families as a modern invention, and that is not at all true. You only have to read the Greek myths to see broken homes, widows, divorce, stepchildren, children trying to get along with new parents.
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#26. Leo got up and brushed himself off. "I hate that guy". He offered Jason his arm like they should go skipping together."I'm Dylan. I'm so cool, I want to date myself, but I can't figure out how! You want to date me instead? You're so lucky!"
"Leo" Jason said "You're weird
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#29. If the statue engulfs people in fire, we should send Leo." "I love you too, man.
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#30. I excel at pulling strings!" said Arachne. "I'm a spider!
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#31. WOULD IT SURPRISE you to learn that the place was bigger on the inside?
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#32. Despite the elder-hippie vibe, she was so attractive that I assumed we must be related.
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#33. She was beautiful when she threatened to kill me.
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#34. Don't you ever feel that way? Like you could do a better job if you rqan the world?'
'Um ... no. Me running the world would be kind of a nightmare.
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#35. The Sword of Summer, a weapon that wasn't designed to be a weapon, a blade that is best used by letting go of it.
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#36. Out my left, I saw baboon bum, out my right, my long-lost uncle Amos. Naturally, I decided to focus on the right.
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#37. Thor gets a little upset. He still holds a grudge that Jesus never showed up for that duel he challenged him to.
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#38. The ram winked. You like my new wool coat? Because I like ewe. Get it? Ewe?
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#39. I wondered if I should start a small fire in Percy Jackson's sink, perhaps burn some bandages in thanks, but I decided that might strain that Jackson's hospitality.
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#40. Percy grunted. Believe me, some days I regret the choice. Oh, you want to turn down our offer? Okay, fine! ZAP! Lose your memory! Go to Tartarus!
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#41. Sacred Sibyl!" I cried. "Madam, there is something wrong with your midsection!"
The woman stopped, mystified, and looked down at her hugely swollen belly. "Well, I'm seven months pregnant.
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#42. Elf magic," Mallory said. "Sneaky Vanir-style witchcraft unfit for a true warrior." She punched me in the arm. "I like you better already.
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#43. Her words had the intended effect. The Roman officers laughed nervously. Some sized up Ella, then looked at Octavian and snorted. The idea of a chicken lady issuing prophecies was apparently just as ridiculous to Romans as it was to Greeks. "I, uh ... " Octavian dropped his teddy bear. "No, but -
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#44. He just summoned the dead with coke and cheeseburgers
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#45. Yes!" Narissus unslung his bow and grabbed an arrow from his dusty quiver. "The first one who get that bronze, I will like you almost as much as I like me. I might even kiss you, right after I kiss my reflection!"
"Oh my gods!" the nymphs squealed.
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#46. When in doubt," Calypso said, "Tater Tots.
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#47. Hail, Piper McLean," Chiron announced gravely, as if he were speaking at her funeral. "Daughter of Aphrodite, lady of the doves, goddess of love.
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#48. She had a tattoo on the inside: the letters SPQR, a crossed sword and torch, and under that, four parallel lines like score marks.
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#49. This potato - is this potato named Steve?"
She rolled her eyes. "No, stupid. That's Phil. The bread is Steve.
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#50. I held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.
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#51. Acrisius tried not to choke on his own tongue. The word Perseus meant avenger or destroyer, depending on how you interpreted it. The king did not want the kid growing up to hang out with Iron Man and the Hulk ...
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#52. My mouth went dry. I imagined Annabeth invoking hieroglyphs at Camp Half-Blood, blowing up chariots on the racetrack, hurling giant blue fists during capture the flag. 'So my girlfriend is a magician now, like, permanently? Because she was scary enough before.
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#53. Frank Zhang, you should know!" Frank flinched. "I should?" "A son of Ares stood here!" Hedge cried indignantly. "I'm Roman ... so Mars, actually." "Whatever! Famous spot in the American Civil War!" "I'm Canadian, actually.
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#54. Her outfit looked like it been picked by a kindergartner - red sneakers, yellow tights, and a green tank dress. Perhaps she was on her way to a costume party dressed as a traffic light.
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#55. As we got closer to Montauk, she seemed to grow younger, years of worry and work disappearing from her face. Her eyes turned the color of the sea.
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#57. I wish you'd be quiet," I muttered. "I also wish we had snowshoes." "You'd need Uller for that," said the goat. "Who?" "The god of snowshoes," said Otis. "He invented them. Also archery and ... I don't know, other stuff.
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#58. Annabeth has my number,' Sadie said. 'Which, honestly, brother, is a much easier solution than writing invisible hieroglyphs on your friend's hand. What were you thinking?
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#59. Leo almost jumped out of his tool belt. He turned ... and mentally kicked himself. He just had to invoke Adidas, the goddess of off-brand shoes.
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#60. Things will work out - maybe just not the way you plan
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#61. Who's the other kid in the photo?' he asked. 'The sandy-haired guy.'
Annabeth's expression tightened. Touchy subject.
'That's Luke,' she said. 'He's dead now.
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#63. I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals
(Chapter 2)
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#64. It's just a bunch of dumb, random facts," Annabeth insisted. "Riddles are supposed to make you think." "Think?" The Sphinx frowned. "How am I supposed to test whether you can think? That's ridiculous! Now, how much force is required -
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#65. We crossed one of the subterranean rivers, then wound our wag through the library quarter and the Chamber of Birds.
(Carter says I should tell you why it's called that. It's a cave full of all sorts of birds. Again
duh. [Carter, why are you banging your head against the table?])
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#66. Six years in England," I muttered, "and she thinks she's James Bond.
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#67. She'd also called me brave ... unless she was talking to the catfish.
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#69. I wanted to flirt with with Chiara and steal her from Damien... or perhaps steal Damien away from Chiara, I wasn't sure yet
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#70. We sat in silence, listening to strange creaks and groans in the maze, the echo of stones grinding together as tunnels changed, grew, and expanded. The dark made me think about the visions I'd seen of Nico di Angelo, and suddenly I realized something.
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#72. Was that amazing?" she demanded.
"That was amazing," I agreed. It's hard to pull off a romantic kiss when you're both drenched in muck, but we gave it our best shot.
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#73. As a magician, you must think about chaos and order. Those are the two forces that control the universe.
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#74. The pinecone is a fearsome tool of destruction!
-Bacchus
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#75. Carter, not to be unkind," I said, "but the last few months you've been seeing messages about Zia everywhere. Two weeks ago, you thought she was sending you a distress call in your mashed potatoes."
"It was a Z! Carved right in the potatoes!
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#76. Instead of collapsing, Theseus swung it and smacked Periphetes upside the head, killing him instantly. 'Yep!' Theseus said. 'That's bronze over wood, all right! Thanks, man. I think I'll keep this.' Periphetes didn't argue, since he was dead. Theseus
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#77. Looked over at the campfire, where three party ponies were teaching Tyson to operate a paintball gun. I hoped they knew what they were getting into.
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#78. You will suffer, son of Hades!'
What else is new? Nico thought.
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#79. Victory must be real. It must be earned. That means it must be rare and difficult, against steep odds, and defeat must be the other.
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#80. Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He slaughtered my panda.
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#81. Thalia ignored him as usual (which no doubt meant she thought he was as cool as ever).
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#82. I've met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited to
school for Career Day.
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#83. Dreams and death were old friends of his. He knew how to navigate their dark borderland.
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#84. Grace used to let her play with these - a pearl bracelet, a diamond ring,
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#85. Cabin Fifteen does that to everyone," Annabeth warned. "If you ask me, this place is even more dangerous than the Ares cabin. At least with Ares, you can learn where the land mines are."
"Land mines?
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#86. It has a name because it's important, and all important things have names.
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#87. I held out the painting of the cat and the snake.
"It's a cat and a snake," Thoth said.
Thank you, god of wisdom. You placed it for us to find, didn't you? You're trying to give us some sort of clue."
"Who, me?"
Just kill him, Horus said.
Shut up, I said.
At least kill the guitar.
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#88. I heard a little girl shout: "Chicken man, get
the moose!"
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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#92. He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter,when she'd marched toward him with that Give me Percy Jackson or I'll kill you expression, Leo had thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous.
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#94. This is the trouble with all happiness -all of it is built on top of something men want.
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#95. The camp was going to be attacked on that day, something about a big bad goddess named Gaea, and an army, and Death being unleashed. You're telling me that day is this week?
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#96. Papadopoulos simply did not possess the power. 'I can't!' I SHALT ASSIST, promised the Arrow of Dodona. STARTEST THOU: 'PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY.' 'The enchantment does not start plaguey, plaguey, plaguey!' 'Who are you talking to?' Austin demanded. 'My arrow! I
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#97. I can't summon anymore gas! Leo warned. The His faced turned red. 'Wow, that came out wrong. I mean the burning kind.
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#98. 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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#99. Psst"he called.
The Cyclops lowered his hammer. He turned towards Zeus, but his one big eye had been staring into the flames so long that he couldn't see who was talking.
"I am not Psst"The Cyclops said " I am Brontes"
Oh boy, Zeus thought. This may take a while
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#100. Die,human! Die, silly polluting nasty person!
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