You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
RICK RIORDANThe 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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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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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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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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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See you on the other side. -Percy Jackson
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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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your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos’s traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty Percy. You do not know when it is time to cut your losses. To save a friend you would sacrifice the world.
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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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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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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?” Cupid laughed. “I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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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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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.
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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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