Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
RICK RIORDANI have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
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The world may need fixing, but it’s worth preserving.
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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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Knowledge isn’t always good for you.
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For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.
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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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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 was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted. “I will—” “Die?” Carter suggested.
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Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
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You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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It’s always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
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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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I’ve been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain,” she said. “Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you’re going to save the world, I’m the best person to keep you from messing up.
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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The sea does not like to be restrained.
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If anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)
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It’s natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.
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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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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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On the bright side,” Percy said, “both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.
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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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Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. “Hang on. What about traps?” He frowned. “Traps?” “Didn’t Egyptian tombs have traps?” “Well…sometimes. But this isn’t a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse—” “Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.
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