Rick Riordan Quotes Archives - Famous Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

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"

Daddy will explain. Come, he is blowing up monsters.
—Rick Riordan, "The Last Olympian"

Son of Poseidon? East asked. I nodded. Took a dip in the Styx? Hudson asked. Yep. They made digusted sounds. Well that's perfect East said. Now how do we kille him?
—Rick Riordan, "The Last Olympian"

Great, I thought. We just blowtorched a national monument.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lightning Thief"

It blew my mind that this stuff had survived for two thousand, three thousand years.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lightning Thief"

The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lightning Thief"

But yes. Come, faulty dragon people. Follow us.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lost Hero"

Piper gave Lit a friendly sorry-about-that smile. Even with her hair messed up and wearing two-day-old clothes, she looked extremely cute, and Jason felt a little jealous she was giving Lit that smile.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lost Hero"

Zeus looked like a really buff, really angry hippie.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lost Hero"

I can't believe Sadie's going to let me have the last word. Our experience together must've really taught her something. Ow, she just hit me. Never mind.
—Rick Riordan, "The Red Pyramid"

Just my luck, on top of everything else I had to take baboon medicine.
—Rick Riordan, "The Red Pyramid"

You are one freaking awesome baboon.
—Rick Riordan, "The Red Pyramid"

Teach you to try marrying me, you idiot!
—Rick Riordan, "The Sea of Monsters"

Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are
—Rick Riordan, "The Son of Neptune"

Grover started to sniffle and I figured if I didn't cheer him up he'd either start bawling or chewing up my mattress. He tends to eat household objects whenever he gets upset.
—Rick Riordan, "The Titan's Curse"

Tyson thought Annabeth was just about the coolest thing since peanut butter, and he SERIOUSLY loved peanut butter.
—Rick Riordan, "The Titan's Curse"

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"

Everybody was patting Nico on the back, complimenting him on his fighting. Even the Ares kids thought he was pretty cool. Hey, show up with an army of undead warriors to save the day, and suddenly you're everybody's best friend.
—Rick Riordan, "The Last Olympian"

Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I've ever done.
—Rick Riordan, "The Last Olympian"

He had a note excusing him from PE for the rest of his life because he had some kind of muscular disease in his legs. He walked funny, like every step hurt him, but don't let that fool you. You should've seen him run when it was enchilada day in the cafeteria.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lightning Thief"

It doesn't matter! From waist down, my best friend is a donkey.....
—Rick Riordan, "The Lightning Thief"

THE ONLY REASON FOR A MAN TO LIVE IS TO DIE
—Rick Riordan, "The Lightning Thief"

Either the kid was naturally hyper or he was hopped up on enough caffeine to give a heart attack to a water buffalo.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lost Hero"

Please excuse Jason from eternal damnation. He has had amnesia.
—Rick Riordan, "The Lost Hero"

A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
—Rick Riordan, "The Red Pyramid"

I didn't know baboons could drive recreational vehicles, but Khufu did okay. When I woke up around dawn, he was navigating through the early morning rush hour in Houston, baring his fangs and barking a lot, and none of the other drivers seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary.
—Rick Riordan, "The Red Pyramid"

Keep a demon busy, I thought. Right. Maybe he fancies a game of Tiddlywinks.
—Rick Riordan, "The Red Pyramid"

You see gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history rather than simply repeat it.
—Rick Riordan, "The Red Pyramid"