Bethany Ainsworth

“I remembered how guest rights worked from our last time in Jotunheim. If you made it inside the house and claimed you were a guest, supposedly the host couldn't kill you. Of course, when we'd tried that before, we ended slaughtering an entire giant family after they attempted to squash us like bugs, but it had all been done with the utmost courtesy.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“I remember something Marcus Aurelius used to tell his son, a quote that later became famous in his Meditations book: Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.”
― Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy

“I felt a bit silly giving this advice to a girl who regularly fought monsters with golden swords, but I had promised Bill Nye the Science Guy I would always promote safe laboratory practices.”
― Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy

“One of these days, I would love to exit a world without being pursued by an angry mob.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor