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.
RICK RIORDANEverybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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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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Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
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Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.
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Frank stared at him. “Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it’s unfair that I can be an elephant?” Percy considered. “Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you’re totally beast-” “Just shut up,” Frank said. “Please.” Percy cracked a smile.
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I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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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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It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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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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Humans see what they want to see.
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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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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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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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You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.
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Just because you don’t see me doesn’t mean I wasn’t there
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