We choose to believe in Ma’at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That’s what Egypt is all about.
RICK RIORDANChristmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I’d known what was coming, I would’ve called in sick. I could’ve avoided an army of demons, a fight with a Titan, and a trick that almost got my friends and me cast into eternal darkness. But no, I had to take my stupid English exam.
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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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Nice creepy reptile,” Frank said, very aware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. “Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile.
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It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed. -Hephaestus
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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I’d known what was coming, I would’ve called in sick. I could’ve avoided an army of demons, a fight with a Titan, and a trick that almost got my friends and me cast into eternal darkness. But no, I had to take my stupid English exam.
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I don’t care what your nose says! The last time you smelled half-blood, it turned out to be a meatloaf sandwich!” “Meatloaf sandwiches are good! But this is a half-blood scent, I swear. They are on board!” “Bah, your brain isn’t on board!
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Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
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Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
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I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” A god named Fred?
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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
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Humans see what they want to see.
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