Rick Riordan's "The Battle of the Labyrinth" Quotes Archives

I hoped they couldn't run very fast with those stubby little legs and flippers, but they waddled along pretty well.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. I wondered how many times he'd sat here, waiting for heroes that never came back.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

I looked into his eyes, and I realized he was the same man I'd seen in my dreams. His face might be totally different, but the same soul was in there, the same intelligence and all the sadness.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

I love Greek Mythology, wish there was a TV series, like being human or smallville, but with the series based around Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Holla Mayne!
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

I thought maybe he was seeing another tree. - Juniper
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

I tried to talk to Annabeth, but she was acting like I'd just punched her grandmother.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

And you, Percy, are my favorite son.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

I was glad to be with her, but it also kind of hurt, and it hurt when I wasn't with her, too.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

My mother says looking is the nature of wisdom.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

OPEN WITH CARE. TRIPPLE G RANCH IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, MAIMING, OR EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL DEATHS.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Don't judge someone until you've stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way our sons and daughters act in our names... well, it usually says more about THEM than it does about us.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Even when she looked scared, she had a lot of guts.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Poseidon can come in too! We will eat you both! Seafood!
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

Remake the wild, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. You cannot wait for anyone else, even a god, to do that for you.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

He just raised the dead with coke and cheeseburgers
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

We were just looking at maps...
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

He just summoned the dead with coke and cheeseburgers
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"

We'd spent maybe ten minutes together, during which time I'd accidentally swung a sword at her, she'd saved my life, and I'd run away chased by a band of supernatural killing machines. You know, your typical chance meeting.
—Rick Riordan, "The Battle of the Labyrinth"