Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.
RICK RIORDANIf my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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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.
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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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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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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Most of Set’s forces were running towards our boat, screaming and throwing rocks (which tended to fall down and hit them, but no one says demons are bright).
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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When in doubt, start from the top. -Jason Grace
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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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A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention.
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People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
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Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.
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You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
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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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Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)
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Whathat!” Tyson gasped. “Those are the stables for the pegasi,” I replied, “You know, winged horses?” “Whasthat!” “Um… those are the toilets.
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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.” Which one is me?” I asked. The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested. Oh, shut up.
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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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Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don’t have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
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Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
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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 think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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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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Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.
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I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.
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