3,416 Quotes by Rick Riordan

as long as we're together"-Percy Jackson

If it were me, I'd wait until the queen said, "O great Demeter—"Then I'd jump out with a bunch of explosives and fireworks and say, "YOU CALLED?"Probably a good thing. nobody has made me a god.

River number three, the Acheron, was the River of Pain. If you guessed it was painful, you win a cookie!

That's why the city is named Athens, after her, when it could have been named something cool like Poseidonopolis.

She was even nice to Poseidon's demigod children, unlike some other goddesses I could name. (Cough, Hera, cough.)

Think about this: Zeus was the god of law and order. The guy who threw random lightning bolts when he got angry and couldn't keep his own wedding vows—this was the guy in charge of making sure kings acted wisely, councils of elders were respected, oaths were kept, and strangers were given hospitality. That would be like making me the god of homework and good grades.

I said warfare and wisdom," Athena explained. "I'll oversee the kind of combat that requires planning, craftiness, and high intelligence. You can still be in charge of the stupid, bloody, 'manly man' aspects of war.""Oh, all right," said Ares. Then he frowned. "Wait...what?

There was this jerkish son of Poseidon named Hallirrhothius. I'm not going to claim the dude as a brother. His name alone should tell you he was no good. Sounds like some kind of throat disease. I think I'll just call him Hal.

So next time you're bitten by a cobra, don't worry! Just book a flight to Lemnos and eat a bunch of dirt. You'll be fine.