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  • #1
    Rick Riordan
    “Jason scratched his head. "You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, ‘festus’ means ‘happy’? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?”
    Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

  • #2
    Rick Riordan
    “I have lightning and wind powers," Jason reminded him. "Piper can turn beautiful and charm people into giving her BMWs. You're no more a freak than we are. And, hey, maybe you can fly, too. Like jump off a building and yell 'Flame on!'"
    Leo snorted. "If I did that, you would see a flaming kid falling to his death, and I would be yelling something a little stronger than 'Flame on!”
    Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

  • #3
    Rick Riordan
    “Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers in her hair and birds singing around her and dear and rabbits doing her laundry.”
    “Leo, that’s Snow White,” Piper said.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

  • #4
    Rick Riordan
    “It'll be dangerous," Nyssa warned him. "Hardship, monsters, terrible suffering. Possibly none of you will come back alive."
    "Oh." Suddenly Leo didn't look so excited. Then he remembered everyone was watching. "I mean... Oh, cool! Suffering? I love suffering! Let's do this.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

  • #5
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    Albert Einstein

  • #6
    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #7
    Rick Riordan
    “Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
    "He's the sun god," I said.
    "That's not what I meant.”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

  • #8
    Rick Riordan
    “What's Cabin Nine?" Leo asked. "And I'm not a Vulcan!"
    "Come on, Mr. Spock, I'll explain everything.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

  • #9
    Rick Riordan
    “I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush.”
    Rick Riordan

  • #10
    Rick Riordan
    “Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked.

    "It only works on wild animals."

    "So it would only affect Percy," Annabeth reasoned.

    "Hey!" I protested.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #11
    Rick Riordan
    “They're Lares. House gods."
    "House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods?”
    Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

  • #12
    Rick Riordan
    “Juno: "All roads lead there child. You should know that."
    Percy: "Detention?”
    rick riordan, The Son of Neptune

  • #13
    Rick Riordan
    “Back in my day, we died all the time, and we liked it!”
    Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

  • #14
    Rick Riordan
    “He uncovered the boat, his hands working the knots like he'd been doing it his whole life. Under the tarp was an old steel rowboat with no oars. The boat had been painted dark blue at one point, but the hull was so crusted with tar and salt it looked like one massive nautical bruise.
    On the bow, the name Pax was still readable, lettered in gold. Painted eyes drooped sadly at the water level, as if the boat were about to fall asleep. On board were two benches, some steel wool, an old cooler, and a mound of frayed rope with one end tied to the mooring. At the bottom of the boat, a plastic bag and two empty Coke cans floated in several inches of scummy water.
    "Behold," Frank said. "The mighty Roman navy.”
    Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

  • #15
    Rick Riordan
    “A real man's weapon is his mind.”
    Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

  • #16
    Rick Riordan
    “Eat bitter, taste sweet”
    Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

  • #17
    Rick Riordan
    “Eat bitter, taste sweet," Frank said. "I hate that proverb."

    "But it's true. What do they call it these days---no pain, no gain? Same concept. You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns out sour in the end. But if you take the hard path---ah, that's how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean something.”
    Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

  • #18
    Rick Riordan
    “[Iris] squeezed his hand. "Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.”
    Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune



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