Rick Riordan - God Quotes

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Nico di Angelo came into Olympus to a hero's welcome, his father right behind him, despite the fact that Hades was only supposed to visit Olympus in winter solstice. The God of the dead looked stunned when his relatives clapped him on the back. I doubt he'd ever got such an enthusiastic welcome before.

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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.

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I woke to a bucket of ice water in my face. Sadie! Get up, Zia said. God! I yelled. Was that necessary? No, admitted Zia.

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Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater.

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You're Dionysus," I said. "The god of wine." Mr. D rolled his eyes. "What do they say these days, Grover? Do the children say 'Well duh!'?" Y-yes, Mr. D." Then, well, duh! Percy Jackson. Did you think I was Aphrodite, perhaps?" You're a god." Yes, child." A god. You.

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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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Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt. "You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth.

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Hermes rolled his eyes. "Surely you've seen network TV lately. It's clear they don't know whether they're coming or going. That's because Janus is in charge of programming. He loves ordering new shows and cancelling them after two episodes. God of beginnings and endings, after all. Anyway, I was bringing him some magic doormats, and I was double-parked-" "You have to worry about double-parking?" "Will you let me tell the story?" "Sorry.

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If I've got the powers of a god, then why am I so..." "Lame?" Sadie suggested. "Shut up," I said.

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I will deny I ever said this, of course, but the gods need heroes. They always have. Otherwise we would not keep you annoying little brats around." I feel so wanted. Thanks.

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Hephaestus glowered up at us. I didn't make you, did I? Uh, Annabeth said, no, sir. Good, the god grumbled. Shoddy workmanship.

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Together we made our way down to the street level. Neither of us said a word. The music was awful—Neil Diamond or something. I should've made that part of my gift form the gods: better elevator tunes.

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"I see murky visions of other gods and rival magic." That REALLY didn't sound good. "What do you mean?" I asked. "what OTHER GODS?" "I don't know, Sadie. But Egypt has always faced challenges from outside –– magicians from elsewhere, even gods from elsewhere. Just be vigilant."

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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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Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said. "That's not what I meant.

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How do you have five children in a row, each on a different say? They're gods, Carter said. They can do stuff like that.

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Poseidon raised his eyebrows as they shook hands. Blowfish, did you say? "Ah, no. Blofis, actually. "Oh, I see, Poseidon said. A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon. "Poseidon? That's an interesting name. "Yes, I like it. I've gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon. "Like the god of the sea. "Very much like that, yes.

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The wood nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They'd had centuries of practice running away from lovesick gods. But still, it was a little humiliating to be slower than a tree.

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Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning bolts that do six hundred damage? Does he get extra movement points for—" "Nico, shut up!" Bianca put her hands to her face. "This is not your stupid Mythomagic game, okay? There are no gods!

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I frowned. You mean Set's got, like, other evil gods on speed dial?

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

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Dreams like a podcast, Downloading truth in my ears. They tell me cool stuff." "Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad. He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred." "A god named Fred?

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"To business." Tux Dude extended his hand. "I am Prometheus." I was too surprised to shake. "The fire-stealer guy? The chained-to-the-rock-with-the-vultures guy?" Prometheus winced. He touched the scratches on his face. "Please, don't mention the vultures. But yes, I stole fire from the gods and gave it to your ancestors. In return, the ever merciful Zeus had me chained to a rock and tortured for all eternity.

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Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like....little person, or vertically challenged, or-" "I'm not going to call myself the god of vertically challenged people," Bes grumbled. "I'm a dwarf!

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