Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
RICK RIORDANEverybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
RICK RIORDANI 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!
RICK RIORDANWe 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 RIORDANKnowledge isn’t always good for you.
RICK RIORDANApollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” A god named Fred?
RICK RIORDANPeople are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
RICK RIORDANIf my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
RICK RIORDANCurse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
RICK RIORDANI think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don’t pick up a book are engaged with what I’m writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I’ve done my job.
RICK RIORDANFor 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.
RICK RIORDANIt takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
RICK RIORDANBe careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
RICK RIORDANCan we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.
RICK RIORDANAfterward, 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.
RICK RIORDANIf 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!)
RICK RIORDANSometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
RICK RIORDAN