Rick Riordan

Author

1964-06-05

Quotes by Rick Riordan

• Hades allowed himself the faintest smile, but there was nothing cruel in his eyes. —I can entertain the possibility that you acted for multiple reasons. My point is this: you and I rose to the aid of Olympus because you convinced me to let go of my anger. I would encourage you to do likewise. My children are so rarely happy. I I would like to see you be an exception.' Nico stared at his father. He didn't know what to do with that statement. He could accept many unreal things – hordes of ghosts, magical labyrinths, travel through shadows, chapels made of bones. But tender words from the Lord of the Underworld? No. That made no sense.

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• Percy blinked. —So your brother is a winged horse. But you're also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in the world are my You know what? Lets' forget it.

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• Sure, Nico had mixed emotions about the camp. He'd felt rejected there, out of place, unwanted and unloved but now that it was on the verge of destruction, he realized how much it meant to him. This was the last place Bianca and he had shared as a home – the only place they'd ever felt safe, even if only temporarily.

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• She let the fear burn inside her like fuel, making her voice even stronger.

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• Immortals are constrained by ancient rules. But a hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.-Chiron

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• Out of every tragedy, he said, comes new strength.

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• Always happens with men. They promise friendship. They promise to treat you as an equal. In the end, all they want is to possess you.

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• Pluto claimed that in ancient times, all humans had been a combination of male and female. Each person had two heads, four arms, four legs. Supposedly, these combo-humans had been so powerful they made the gods uneasy, so Zeus split them in half - man and woman. Ever since, humans had felt incomplete. They spent their whole lives searching for their other halves.

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• Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.

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• i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.

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• Courage.Hope.Sacrifice.

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• Why would you come to Italy to see Spanish steps? That's like going to China for Mexican food, isn't it?

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• I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe... but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks?

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• It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

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• Fear can't be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They're like love. They're almost identical emotions.

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• Keep moving. Don't get bogged down. Don't think about the bad stuff. Smile and joke even when you don't feel like it.

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• Who's possessing who now, Casper?

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• Victory must be real. It must be earned. That means it must be rare and difficult, against steep odds, and defeat must be the other.

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• The real world is where the monsters are.

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• Young man, names are powerful things. You don't just go around using them for no reason.

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