3,416 Quotes by Rick Riordan

Cold, harsh laughter, like knives being sharpened.

Mother knows best. Now don’t cross me or I will have to step on you.

There must be something in here that can drill through eight miles ofsolid rock.”He considered a hand drill, a tape measure, a corkscrew, and the iron staff we’d almost died retrieving from Geirrod’s fortress. He threw them all to the floor.“Nothing!” he said in disgust. “Useless junk!”Perhaps you could use your head, Hearthstone signed. That is very hard.“Oh, don’t try to console me, Mr. Elf,” said Thor.

No, dear. As usual, modern folk have it backward. Black is the color of good soil, like the soil of the Nile. You can grow food in black soil. Food is good. Therefore black is good. Red is the color of desert sand. Nothing grows in the desert. Therefore red is evil.

Excercise is nothing more than a depressing reminder that one is not a god.

Those movies... ridiculously inaccurate. The real gods of Asgard — Thor, Loki, Odin, and the rest — are much more powerful, much more terrifying than anything Hollywood could concoct.

My two greatest loves were, of course, Daphne and Hyacinthus, but when you're a god as popular as I am--Hold on. Did I just tell you who I liked? I did, didn't I? Gods of Olympus, forget I mentioned their names! I am so embarrassed. Please don't say anything. In this mortal life, I've never been in love with anyone!I am so confused.

But like I told you guys years ago: this demigod gig is dangerous. Don't say I didn't warn you.

She'd expected some backlash; it happened every time she shared her strength. But she hadn't anticipated so much raw anguish from Nico di Angelo… If this was only a portion of Nico’s pain… how could he bear it?