Frank nodded grimly. “Well…any goddess who throws a Ding Dong at a giant can’t be all bad. Let’s go.
RICK RIORDANIt 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
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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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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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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The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.
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With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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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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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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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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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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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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The world may need fixing, but it’s worth preserving.
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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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Never bet against a cat.
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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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