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  • #1
    Rick Riordan
    “Really? That would be a first. I'm the son of Hades, Jason. I might as well be covered in blood or sewage, the way people treat me. I don't belong anywhere. I'm not even from this century. But that's not enough to set me apart.”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #2
    Rick Riordan
    “Keep climbing,' he told himself.
    'Cheeseburgers,' his stomach replied.
    'Shut up,' he thought.
    'With fries,' his stomach complained.”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #3
    Rick Riordan
    To my wonderful readers:
    Sorry about that last cliff-hanger.
    Well, no, not really. HAHAHAHA.
    But seriously, I love you guys.

    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #4
    Rick Riordan
    “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

  • #5
    Rick Riordan
    “Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?"

    He shrugged. "Technically, yes. But if I sit alone at my table, strange things happen. Cracks open in the floor. Zombies crawl out and start roaming around. It's a mood disorder. I can't control it. That's what I told Chiron. "

    "And is it true?" I asked.

    Nico smiled thinly. "I have a note from my doctor."

    Will raised his hand. "I'm his doctor.”
    Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

  • #6
    Rick Riordan
    “Will put his hand on Nico's shoulder. "Nico, we need to have another talk about your people skills."
    "Hey, I'm just stating the obvious. If this is Apollo, and he dies, we're all in trouble."
    Will turned to me. "I apologize for my boyfriend."
    Nico rolled his eyes. "Could you not―"
    "Would you prefer special guy?" Will asked. "Or significant other?"
    "Significant annoyance, in your case," Nico grumbled”
    Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

  • #7
    Rick Riordan
    “Yep, that pretty much describes my life: because Poseidon.”
    Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

  • #8
    Rick Riordan
    “At this point, you may be wondering how I felt seeing my son with Nico di Angelo. I’ll admit I did not understand Will’s attraction to a child of Hades, but if the dark foreboding type was what made Will happy…
    Oh perhaps some of you are wondering how I felt seeing him with a boyfriend rather than a girlfriend. If that’s the case, please. We gods are not hung up about such things.”
    Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

  • #9
    Rick Riordan
    “This did not seem to reassure Nico.

    “I don’t like being in the dark,” he muttered.

    An odd complaint for a child of Hades, but I understood what he meant.”
    Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

  • #10
    Rick Riordan
    “For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked at Nico. Then at Annabeth, as if to check that he’d heard correctly. Then back at Nico.

    ‘You –’

    ‘Yeah,’ Nico said. ‘You’re a great person. But I’m over that. I’m happy for you guys.’

    ‘You … so you mean –’

    ‘Right.’

    Annabeth’s grey eyes started to sparkle. She gave Nico a sideways smile.

    ‘Wait,’ Percy said. ‘So you mean –’

    ‘Right,’ Nico said again. ‘But it’s cool. We’re cool. I mean, I see now … you’re cute, but you’re not my type.’

    ‘I’m not your type … Wait. So –’

    ‘See you around, Percy,’ Nico said.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #11
    Rick Riordan
    “I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret.”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #12
    Rick Riordan
    “Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did.
    Through the face guard of his skull-shaped helmet, he smiled. "Got your message. Is it too late to join the party?"
    "Son of Hades." Kronos spit on the ground. "Do you love death so much you wish to experience it?"
    "Your death," Nico said, "would be great for me."
    "I'm immortal, you fool! I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live."
    Nico drew his sword-three feet of wicked sharp Stygian iron, black as a nightmare. "I don't agree.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #13
    Rick Riordan
    “Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #14
    Rick Riordan
    “Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson protecting them from the manticore. Percy's sword gleamed in the dark. He'd been the first demigod Nico had ever seen in action. Later at Camp Half-Blood, Percy took Nico by the arm, promising to keep his sister Bianca safe. Nico believed him. Nico looked into his sea-green eyes and though, How can he possibly fail? This is a real hero.”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #15
    Rick Riordan
    “You will suffer, son of Hades!’
    What else is new? Nico thought.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #16
    Rick Riordan
    “Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, who was standing to one side in the shadows, as usual. She grabbed his hand and pulled him gently into the firelight. ‘We had one home,’ she said. ‘Now we have two.’ She gave Nico a big hug and the crowd roared with approval. For once, Nico didn’t feel like pulling away. He buried his face in Reyna’s shoulder and blinked the tears out of his eyes.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #17
    Rick Riordan
    “Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’
    ‘How can you even talk to me like that? Don’t you know I can summon zombies and skeletons and –’
    ‘Right now you couldn’t summon a wishbone without melting into a puddle of darkness, di Angelo,’ Will said. ‘I told you, no more Underworldy stuff, doctor’s orders. You owe me at least three days of rest in the infirmary. Starting now.’
    Nico felt like a hundred skeletal butterflies were resurrecting in his stomach. ‘Three days? I – I suppose that would be okay.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #18
    Rick Riordan
    “You know what would help this boy?" Demeter mused. "Farming."
    Persephone rolled her eyes. "Mother-"
    "Six months behind a plow. Excellent character building.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #19
    Rick Riordan
    “Nico scowled. ‘It’s none of your business, but I don’t belong. That’s obvious. No one wants me. I’m a child of –’
    ‘Oh, please.’ Will sounded unusually angry. ‘Nobody at Camp Half-Blood ever pushed you away. You have friends – or at least people who would like to be your friend. You pushed yourself away. If you’d get your head out of that brooding cloud of yours for once –”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #20
    Rick Riordan
    “At Camp Half-Blood. The Hades cabin needs a head counsellor. Have you seen the decor? It’s disgusting. I’ll have to renovate. And someone needs to do the burial rites properly, since demigods insist on dying heroically.’
    ‘That’s – that’s fantastic! Dude!’ Jason opened his arms for a hug, then froze. ‘Right. No touching. Sorry.’
    Nico grunted. ‘I suppose we can make an exception.’ Jason squeezed him so hard Nico thought his ribs would crack.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #21
    Rick Riordan
    “I am Persephone" she said, her voice thin and papery. "Welcome, demigods.
    Nico squashed a pomegranate under his boot. "Welcome? After last time, you've got the nerve to welcome me?"
    I shifted uneasily, because talking that way to a god can get you blasted into dust bunnies. "Um, Nico-"
    "It's all right," Persephone said coldly. "We had a little family spat."
    "Family spat?" Nico cried. "You turned me into a dandelion!”
    Rick Riordan, The Demigod Files

  • #22
    Rick Riordan
    “Frank heard a laugh behind him. He glanced back and couldn't believe what he saw. Nico di Angelo was actually smiling.

    "That's more like it," Nico said. "Let's turn this tide!”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #23
    Rick Riordan
    “He carried so much sadness and loneliness, so much heartache. Yet he put his mission first. He persevered. Reyna respected that. She understood that. She'd never been a touchy-feely person, but she had the strangest desire to drape her cloak over Nico's shoulders and tuck him in. She mentally chided herself. He was a comrade, not her little brother. He wouldn't appreciate the gesture.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #24
    Rick Riordan
    “Then there was Nico di Angelo. Dang, that kid gave Leo the freaky-deakies. He sat back in his leather aviator jacket, his black T-shirt and jeans, that wicked silver skull ring on his finger, and the Stygian sword at his side. His tufts of black hair struck up in curls like baby bat wings. His eyes were sad and kind of empty, as if he’d stared into the depths of Tartarus—which he had.”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #25
    Rick Riordan
    “No,’ Nico said. ‘Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that’s the trick.’ As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could’ve been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #26
    Rick Riordan
    “I don't feel that way anymore," Nico muttered. "I mean... I gave up on Percy. I was young and impressionable, and I- I don't..."

    His voice cracked, and Jason could tell the guy was about to get teary-eyed. Whether Nico had really given up on Percy or not, Jason couldn't imagine what it had been like for Nico all those years, keeping a secret that would've been unthinkable to share in the 1940s, denying who he was, feeling completely alone- even more isolated than other demigods.

    "Nico," he said gently, "I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you did? That was maybe the bravest.”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #27
    Rick Riordan
    “Dalmatia,” Nico said, making Jason jump.
    Holy Romulus . . . Jason wished he could put a bell around Nico di Angelo’s neck to remind him the guy was there. Nico had this disturbing habit of standing silently in the corner, blending into the shadows.”
    Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

  • #28
    Rick Riordan
    “Reyna marvelled at how peaceful he looked. The worry lines vanished. His face became strangely angelic…like his surname, di Angelo. She could almost believe he was a regular fourteen-year-old boy, not a son of Hades who had been pulled out of time from the 1940s and forced to endure more tragedy and danger than most demigods would in a lifetime.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #29
    Rick Riordan
    “Nico wasn't sure whether to kick himself or Will Solace. If he hadn’t been so distracted bickering with the son of Apollo, he would never have allowed the enemy to get so close.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

  • #30
    Rick Riordan
    “He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace. When Nico realized it was Jason, he was disappointed. Then he felt angry with himself for feeling that way.”
    Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus



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