3,416 Quotes by Rick Riordan

War is a duty,' Mars continued. 'The only real choice is whether you accept it, and what you fight for.

The ruins stretch from the river to the base of that mountain over there, about half a kilometre.’ ‘How far is that in regular measurements?’ Percy asked. Frank rolled his eyes. ‘That is a regular measurement in Canada and the rest of the world. Only you Americans –’ ‘About five or six football fields,’ Hazel interceded, feeding Arion a big chunk of gold. Percy spread his hands. ‘That’s all you needed to say.

It's not how long you live that matters. It's what you live for." -Josephine to Apollo (Trials of Apollo: Book 2 The Dark Prophecy)

There's no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.

I know, I'm an idiot!... A brilliant idiot, but still an idiot.

Um, uh, gah.

I hate this plan," I said. "Let’s do it.

Percy muttered. ‘I want to drown her.’ ‘Be patient, water boy.’ ‘Don’t call me water boy.

There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties. If you ever get a choice go for the Olympian.