Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.
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.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.
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Getting something and having the wits to use it…those are two different things.
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Nice creepy reptile,” Frank said, very aware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. “Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile.
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A person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.
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I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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Just because you don’t see me doesn’t mean I wasn’t there
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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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Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.” “Combat time?” Piper grabbed her horn of plenty. “I hate wonder bread,” Jason said. Together, they charged.
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For 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.
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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.
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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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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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Knowledge of any value can’t be given. It must be sought and earned
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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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