Quotes by Rick Riordan

I still dont get it Coach Hedge muttered as they roamed the centre aisle. They named a whole town after Leos table?I think the town was here first, Coach Nico said.

Like your zodiac sign? Percy asked. Im a Leo.No, stupid, Leo said. Im a Leo. Youre a Percy.

It’s more than that.’ Reyna rested her hand on Nico’s. ‘While you were asleep, I did a lot ofthinking. What I told you about my father … I’d never shared that with anyone. I guess I knew youwere the right person to confide in. You lifted some of my burden. I trust you, Nico.

You want us to fly off to save the world on Happy The Dragon?

You guys are so... dark. Even if I used flash, Im not sure it would come out.Y-yeah, Percy managed. You guys arent photogenic.

The plan had three phases: dangerous, really dangerous and insanely dangerous.

Okay, do not call me Aquaman. Thats even worse than waterboy.

Anyway, Im glad you found her. (Calypso) You promised to find a way back to her, and I just wanted to say that if we do survive all this, Ill do anything to help you. Thats a promise I will keep.

Youre cute when youre worried, she muttered. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together. You are not going to die while I owe you a favor, I said. Why did you take that knife?You wouldve done the same for me.It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod.How did you know? Know what? I looked around to make sure we were alone. Then I leaned in close and whispered: My Achilles spot. If you hadnt taken that knife, I wouldve died.She got a faraway look in her eyes. Her breath smelled like grapes, maybe from the nectar. I dont know, Percy. I just had this feeling you were in danger. Where... where is the spot?I wasnt supposed to tell anyone. But this was Annabeth. If I couldnt trust her, I couldnt trust anyone. The small of my back.She lifted her hand. Where? Here?She put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I moved her fingers to the one spot that grounded me to my mortal life. A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body. You saved me. I said. Thanks. She removed her hand, but I kept holding it. So you owe me, she said weakly. What else is new?

Like your zodiac sign? Percy asked. Im a Leo.No, stupid, Leo said. Im a Leo. Youre a Percy.

Percy stared at his jelly donut. He had a rocky history with Nico di Angelo. The guy had once tricked him into visiting Hadess palace, and Percy had ended up in a cell. But most of the time, Nico sided with the good guys. He certainly didnt deserve slow suffocation in a bronze jar, and Percy couldnt stand seeing Hazel in pain.Well rescue him, he promised her. We have to. The prophecy says he holds the key to endless death.

Im Crusty, he said, with a tartar-yellow smile.I resisted the urge to say, Yes, you are.

Headache! Zeus bellowed. Bad. bad headache!As if to prove his point, the lord of the universe slammed his face into his pancakes, which demolished the pancakes and the plate and put a crack in the table, but did nothing for his headache.Aspirin? Apollo suggested. (he was the god of healing)Nice cup og tea? Hestia suggestedI could split your skull open, offered Hephaestus, the blacksmith godHephaestus! Hera cried. Dont talk to your father that way!What? Hephaestus demanded Clearly hes got a problem in there. I could open up the hood and take a look. Might relieve the pressure. Besides, hes immortal. It wont kill him

I try to avoid teaming up with goddesses who eat roadkill. Its one of my personal boundaries.

Nothing is unfixable

I was pretty sure if I tried to sing, all I would cause was an avalanche.

Youre cute when youre worried. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

A half-blood of the eldest dogs...

Like the zodiac sign? Percy asked. Im a Leo.No, stupid, Leo said, Im a Leo. Youre a Percy.

Dude. Jason gave Percy a bear hug.Back from Tartarus! Leo whooped. Thats my peeps!