Toa Quotes

“Promise me one thing. Whatever happens, when you get back to Olympus, when you’re a god again, remember. Remember what it’s like to be human.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“STARTEST THOU: “PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY.”
“The enchantment does not start plaguey, plaguey, plaguey!”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Meg gawked. “He—he really is a centaur.”
“Well spotted,” I said. “I suppose the lower body of a horse is what gave him away?”
She punched me in the arm.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Hey, Larry. How's it going?"
"Terrible!" Larry sounded delighted.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tyrant’s Tomb

“He sayeth—"I sighed. "He says the answer will be in English. I hope he means modern Enligh and not the strange Shakespearean lingo he speaks—"
'TIS NOT STRANGE! the arrow objected.
"Because we don't have enough spaces to spell Apollonius beest thy answereth.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Can I have baby cows?” Meg asked.
“Well, Meg,” I said, “first you would have to have some mommy cows. You see—”
“Guys,” Percy interrupted. “So, just to recap, you have to be Meg’s servant for…?”
“Some unknown amount of time,” I said. “Probably a year. Possibly more.”
“And during that time —”
“I will undoubtedly face many trials and hardships.”
“Like getting me my cows,” Meg said.
I gritted my teeth.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Wrong body. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, directed by Don Siegel, 1956."
I did not like being compared to a black-and-white horror film, but I'd just been told not to argue with the harpy.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tyrant’s Tomb

“One cannot change one's way of thinking as easily as one might, say, turn into a snow leopard.”
― Rick riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Reyna cranked up the volume, thus ending my attempt at death by casual conversation.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tyrant’s Tomb

“Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back." Last sentence of second paragraph from ToA: #1.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle