Rick Riordan Quotes

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Charlie …" Silena's eyes were a million miles away. "See Charlie.

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Not knowing is half the fun," Aphrodite said, "Exquisitely painful isn't it? Not being sure who you love and who loves you? Oh, you kids! It's so cute I'm going to cry!

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I held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.

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Percy Jackson: I'd like to say I took the news well. The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time.

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You will not believe me, but I am proud of your strength. Sometimes... sometimes the only way I can care for my children is to keep my distance.

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There will be guards, Bast said. And traps. And alarms. You can bet the house is heavily charmed to keep out gods. Magicians can do that? I asked. I imagined a big can of pesticide labeled God-Away.

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I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in Ancient Egypt.

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They know they've won, Carter guessed. They're making a show of it. Yes, Amos said. Well, let's blow up the boats or something! I said. Amos looked at me. Is that your strategy, honestly?

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I got the feeling Poseidon really didn't know what to think of me. He didn't know whether he was happy to have me as a son or not. In a strange way, I was glad that Poseidon was so distant. If he'd tried to apologize, or told me he love me, or even smiled. it would've felt fake. Like human dad, making some lame excuse for not being around. I could live with that. After all, I wasn't sure about him yet, either.

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I wondered if she'd ever written on her notebook: GEB + NUT = TRUE LOVE or MRS GEB.

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Gods tend to be selfish. Even when they're helpful, they always have their own motives. That's why you have to be careful about trusting them.

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Felix believed that the answer to every problem involved penguins; but it wasn't fair to birds, and I was getting tired of teleporting them back home. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy.

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Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things.

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A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He was about five feet tall, with slick black seal fur and stubby little feet. He had the head of a Doberman, but his clawed hands were almost human. He growled and muttered as he tapped on his keyboard. Maybe he was messaging his friends on uglyface.com.

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At the rear of the bus, the driver wrenched a big chunk of smoking metal out of the engine compartment. The bus shuddered, and the engine roared back to life. The passengers cheered. Darn right!" yelled the driver. He slapped the bus with his hat. "Everybody get back on board!

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For a moment, Percy actually remembered what it was like to be happy. He had an amazing girlfriend. They could have a future together.

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We ran, plowing through another pile of peppers. [No, I didn't pick a peck of them, Sadie - just shut up.]

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I thought maybe she'd whisk us off by magic, or at least hail a taxi. Instead, Bast borrowed a silver Lexus convertible. "Oh, yes," she purred. "I like this one! Come along, children." "But this isn't yours," I pointed out. "My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine." She touched the ignition and the keyhole sparked. The engine began to purr. [No, Sadie. Not like a cat, like an engine.]

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I looked down at my clothes. They were slashed to pieces and full of bullet holes, but I was fine. Not a mark on me. Nico's mouth hung open. "You just... with a sword... you just—" "I think the river thing worked," I said. "Oh gee," he said sarcastically. "You think?

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Two hundred Romans, and no one's got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write. Frank looked at Percy with wide eyes. He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form? Percy mouthed back, No. Shut up.

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Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail, The Titan's curse must one withstand, And one shall perish by a parent's hand

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Eternity with Artemis?" He heaved a big sigh. Thalia rolled her eyes. "You satyrs. You're all in love with Artemis. Don't you get that she'll never love you back?" "But she's so…into nature," Grover swooned. "You're nuts," said Thalia. "Nuts and berries," Grover said dreamily. "Yeah.

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His hair was permed and gelled like a New Jersey girl's on homecoming night. Percy Jackson

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Thank Ra! She exclaimed. Yeah, I'm alive. No, I almost jumped in after you. I hate the water!

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I imagined loading the God of the Sea into a taxi and taking him to the Upper East Side.

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A person's shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.

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

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To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.

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I missed him so much I would sometimes turn to tell him something before I forgot he was gone. In spite of all that, and all the emotion boiling around inside me, all I could think of to say was: You're blue.

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You're that lady, Leo said. The one who was named after Caribbean music. Her eyes glinted murderously. Caribbean music. Yeah. Reggae? Leo shook his head. Merengue? Hold on, I'll get it. He snapped his fingers. Calypso!

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