Quotes by Rick Riordan

Be careful of love. Itll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

Were staying together, he promised. Youre not getting away from me. Never again.

The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

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 dont have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

They send a person who can never stay, she whispered. Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a little while. They send me a hero I cant help ... just the sort of person I cant help falling in love with....As I sailed into the lake I realized the Fates really were cruel. They sent Calypso someone she couldnt help but love. But it worked both ways. For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest what if.

Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. “I love you.”She wasn’t sure he could hear her—but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.

But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something youre not. For a goddess, thats especially hard. We can change so easily.-Aphrodite

Huh, Leo said. Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. Youre not a total klutz.She smirked. A job, eh? Making things in your forge?Nah, we could start our own shop, Leo said, surprising himself. Starting a machine shop had always been one of his dreams, but hed never told anyone about it. Leo and Calypsos Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters.

Percy pulled Annabeth close and kissed her...long enough for it to get really awkward for Piper, though she said nothing. She thought about the old rule of Aphrodites cabin: that to be recognized as a daughter of the love goddess, you had to break someones heart. Piper had long ago decided to change that rule. Percy and Annabeth were a perfect example of why. You should have to make someone`s heart whole; that was a much better test.

My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.

Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, who was standing to one side in the shadows, as usual. She grabbed his hand and pulled him gently into the firelight. ‘We had one home,’ she said. ‘Now we have two.’ She gave Nico a big hug and the crowd roared with approval. For once, Nico didn’t feel like pulling away. He buried his face in Reyna’s shoulder and blinked the tears out of his eyes.

She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldnt help thinking there was nothing hotter than a girl who didnt mind getting her hands dirty. But of course, that was just a general comment. Didnt apply to Calypso. Obviously.

Love was the most savage monster of all.

You promised, Seaweed Brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!” “You’re impossible!” “Love you too!

Love is on every side, and no ones side. Dont ask what Love can do for you.

Fear can’t be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They’re like love. They’re almost identical emotions. That’s why Ares and Aphrodite like each other. Their twin sons – Fear and Panic – were spawned from both war and love.

Nico studied his face – his sea-green eyes, his grin, his ruffled black hair. Somehow Percy Jackson seemed like a regular guy now, not a mythical figure. Not someone to idolize or crush on.

She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her.

Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson protecting them from a manticore. Percys sword gleamed in the dark. Hed been the first demigod Nico had ever seen in action. He was Nicos favorite game, Mythomagic, brought to life.Jason saw the moment when Percy returned and told Nico that Bianca was dead. Nico had screamed and called him a liar. Hed felt betrayed, but still... when the skeleton warriors attacked, he couldnt let them harm Percy. Nico had called on the earth to swallow them up, and then hed run away- terrified of his own powers, and his own emotions.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.