Bethany Ainsworth

“I imagined the neighbors stopping by to borrow a socket wrench, or take an order for Girl Scout cookies, or murder someone.”
― Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy

“I'd been chased by Valkyries. I'd been chased by elves with firearms. I'd been chased by dwarves with a tank. Now, lucky me, I got to be chased by giants with giant bowling balls.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“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