Shiloah > Shiloah's Quotes

“He liked the way her bangs feathered out to the sides, like little wings, and her eyes behind her smudged glasses were very sincere.”
― Lisa McMann, Dangerous Allies

“Operation Elephant Butt,”
― Lisa McMann, Dangerous Allies

“She dashed to the side door as it closed, ready in case anyone else came barreling”
― Lisa McMann, Rebel Undercover

“nobody”
― Lisa McMann, Operation Chaos

“A Knock at the Door”
― Lisa McMann, Rebel Undercover

“But your mom might like her dress back—the red-and-white one. The shape isn’t quite right for you yet.” “She means your chest,” Brix helpfully pointed out. Birdie shot him a dirty look. “Aw, man,” she muttered. “I liked that one.”
― Lisa McMann, The Invisible Spy

“I lost a cupcake once mid-teleport,” Lada muttered. “I”
― Lisa McMann, The Invisible Spy

“because it had given him time to think. And even though Seven thought it sounded preposterous, he knew no one would ever see his face.”
― Lisa McMann, The Invisible Spy

“Tenner said, giving her a final hug and noticing how nice she smelled. He’d really been aware of people’s individual scents recently, and Lada smelled the best of anyone to him. But it felt weird to tell her that. And he didn’t want the others to think they didn’t smell good.”
― Lisa McMann, Rebel Undercover

“But things were changing for Seven. And nobody needed to be around that without at least a layer of clothing between.”
― Lisa McMann, The Invisible Spy

“Tenner squirmed and tried to move so that her shoulder wasn’t pressed against his, but she only leaned farther onto him . . . which he liked way more than he wanted to admit. He didn’t try to push her away.”
― Lisa McMann, Dangerous Allies

“You know I love it when you call me boss,” Birdie said. “Everyone knows.” Tenner and Birdie elbowed each other.”
― Lisa McMann, Rebel Undercover

“You’re still a little kid!” “I am not,” said Brix, offended. “I’m an accomplished gymnast, parkour artist, chainsticks operator, dictionary and thesaurus looker-upper, blueprints reader, and a professional healer.” He sniffed. “I’m kind of a big deal.”
― Lisa McMann, Operation Chaos

“Brix!” Cabot said. “Don’t make me sound like a . . . like an explosaholic!” “I think you mean a kaboominator,” Tenner said. Lada reached up and high-fived Tenner, then said in a refined voice, “An explosion enthusiast.” “Demolitionist?” suggested Seven. “Definitely a boomomaniac,” said Birdie.”
― Lisa McMann, The Invisible Spy

“With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
"Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."
...
I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
"I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
"And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?"
"Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?"
"Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“How did you die?"
"We er....drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big bathtub.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

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

“Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so," Percy guessed. "He just said, 'I will trample you to death, silly Chinese Canadian baby man'.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?"
"Not even a little bit." I showed him that I still had both arms and both legs, and Tyson clapped happily.
"Yay!" he said. "Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM!"
I hoped he didn't mean all at the same time, but I told him absolutely, we'd have a lot of fun this summer.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“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

“He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically.
“Green grass breaks through snow.
Artemis pleads for my help.
I am so cool.”
He grinned at us, waiting for applause.
"That last line was four syllables.” Artemis said.
Apollo frowned. “Was it?”
“Yes. What about I am so bigheaded?”
“No, no, that’s six syllable, hhhm.” He started muttering to himself.
Zoe Nightshade turned to us. “Lord Apollo has been going through this haiku phase ever since he visited Japan. Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick. If I’d had to hear one more poem that started with, There once was a godess from Sparta-"
“I’ve got it!” Apollo announced. “I am so awesome. That’s five syllables!” He bowed, looking very pleased with himself.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey