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  • #1
    Rick Riordan
    “Sadie, I can't intervene." He turned up his palms in frustration. "I told you when we first met, this isn't an actual physical body."
    "Shame," I mumbled.
    "What?"
    "Nothing. Go on.”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

  • #2
    Rick Riordan
    “I believe you, Sadie."
    "Oh really. I'm holding the bloody feather of truth, and you believe me. Well, thanks.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #3
    Rick Riordan
    “I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #4
    Rick Riordan
    “If anyone asks you if you’re taken,” I said, “the answer is yes.”
    “I think I can live with that,” he promised.
    “Good,” I said. “Because you don’t want to see me be cross.”
    “Too late.”
    “Shut up and dance, Walt.”
    “Shut up and dance, Walt.”
    We did—with the music of a psychotic griffin screaming behind us, and the sirens and horns of Brooklyn wailing below. It was quite romantic.”
    Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow

  • #5
    Rick Riordan
    “I should’ve been very cross with Anubis. Kissing me without permission—the nerve!”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

  • #6
    Rick Riordan
    “I’m sorry I can’t do more. But happy birthday, Sadie.”
    He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips.”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

  • #7
    Rick Riordan
    “Oh...my...god,"Drew whimpered."Who..."
    Anubis ignored her (bless him for that) and held out his elbow for me - a sweet old-fashioned gesture.
    " May I have this dance?"
    "I suppose," I said,as non committally as I could. I looped my arm through his, and we left the Plastic Bags behind us, all of them muttering,"Oh my god! Oh my god!"
    No ,actually, I wanted to say. He's my amazingly hot boy god. Find your own.”
    Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow

  • #8
    Rick Riordan
    “What colors are the eyes of Anubis?"

    "Brown...Duh.”
    Rick Riordan Serpent's Shadow

  • #9
    Rick Riordan
    “Hang on," Sadie said. She stomped right up to the throne. Ammit growled at her, but Sadie growled back, which confused the monster into silence.
    "What are you?" she demanded. "My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?"
    Dad looked at Anubis. "What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said."
    "You didn't need to tell me." Anubis's face was grave."I've learned to fear that sharp tongue."
    Sadie looked outraged. "excuse me?”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #10
    Rick Riordan
    “Two farewell gifts," Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life.”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

  • #11
    Rick Riordan
    “Are you a ghost?”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #12
    Rick Riordan
    “The sign was spray-painted in Arabic and English, probably from some attempt by the farmer to sell his wares in the market. The English read: Dates-best price. Cold Bebsi.
    "Bebsi?" I asked.
    "Pepsi," Walt said. "I read about it on the Internet. There's no 'p' in Arabic. Everyone here calls the soda Bebsi."
    "So you have to have Bebsi with your bizza?"
    "Brobably.”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

  • #13
    Megan Hart
    “Memory can refuse to let you forget what you’d like to and run away with what you want to remember. It’s an unreliable bitch, or your best friend. Sometimes, it’s both at once.”
    Megan Hart, Broken

  • #14
    Rick Riordan
    “Met them. Killed them. Got the T-shirt.”
    Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow

  • #15
    Rick Riordan
    “You're Bes, I guess?" I said.
    "Yes," he said.
    "Your car's a mess," Liz muttered.
    "If one more person rhymes," Emma grumbled, "I'll throw up.”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

  • #16
    Rick Riordan
    “Carter, not to be unkind," I said, "but the last few months you've been seeing messages about Zia everywhere. Two weeks ago, you thought she was sending you a distress call in your mashed potatoes."
    "It was a Z! Carved right in the potatoes!”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

  • #17
    Rick Riordan
    “Stop smiling!” she ordered. “I can see you, Carter. Oh…and, uh, hullo, Walt.”
    The pot monster made squeaky grinding noises as it stood up straight. One clunky arm rose and tried to fix Sadie’s nonexistent hair. Leave it to Sadie to be
    self-conscious around boys, even when she’s made out of pots and duct tape.”
    Rick Riordan, The Serpent's Shadow

  • #18
    Rick Riordan
    “Come on," I said. "I've got some questions for Thoth. And then I'm going to punch him in the beak.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #19
    Rick Riordan
    “Thankfully,two old friends stood next to the throne. Horus wore full battle armor and a khopesh sword at his side.is kohl-lined eyes-one gold, one silver-were as piercing as ever. At his side stood Isis in a shimmering white gown, with wings of light.
    "Welcome," Horus said.
    "Um, hi," I said.
    "He has a way with words," Isis muttered, which made Sadie snort.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #20
    Rick Riordan
    “We stepped back and looked at the king of the gods, slumped in his chair snoring, and cradling his crook like a teddy bear. I placed the war flail across his lap, hoping it might make a difference—maybe complete his powers or something. No such luck.
    "Sick weasels," Ra muttered.
    "Behold," Sadie said bitterly. "the glorious Ra.”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire
    tags: ra, sadie

  • #21
    Rick Riordan
    “That’s right, Sadie. For our first real date, I picked up Zia in a boat pulled by a deranged griffin. So what? Like your dates aren’t weird?”
    Rick Riordan

  • #22
    Rick Riordan
    “I told you I try not to live in the past and nothing could change the fact that my mum was gone. But I’m a liar. The truth was, I’d had one dream ever since I was six: to see my mum again. To actually get to know her, talk to her, go shopping, do anything. Just be with her once so I could have a better memory to hold on to.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
    tags: sadie

  • #23
    Rick Riordan
    “Carter got jeans, boots, and a T-shirt that read Property of Alexandria University in English and Arabic. Clearly, even personal shoppers had him pegged as a complete geek.”
    Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

  • #24
    Rick Riordan
    “Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #25
    Rick Riordan
    “Well," I said. "If you need me, I'll be outside, playing with sharp objects.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #26
    Rick Riordan
    “Ah, Mastery of the Five Elements!"
    "Is that the one we want?" I asked.
    "No, but a good one. How to tame the five essential elements of the universe - earth, air, water, fire, and cheese!"
    "Cheese?”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #27
    Rick Riordan
    “In person, if possible, Anubis was even more drop-dead gorgeous. [Oh . . . ha, ha. I didn't catch the pun, but thank you, Carter. God of the dead, drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, hilarious. Now, may I continue?]”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
    tags: pun

  • #28
    Rick Riordan
    “Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #29
    Rick Riordan
    “Our baboon was going completely sky goddess - which is to say, nuts.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

  • #30
    Rick Riordan
    “She blinked. "Hmm? Oh, don't care. What did Anubis look like to you?"
    "What did... he looked like a guy. So?"
    "A good-looking guy, or a slobbering dog-headed guy?"
    "I guess... Not the dog-headed guy."
    "I knew it!" Sadie pointed at me as if she'd won an argument.
    "Good-looking. I knew it!"
    And with a ridiculous grin, she spun around and skipped into the house.
    My sister, as I may have mentioned, is a little strange.”
    Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid



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