Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
RICK RIORDANBe careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
RICK RIORDANYou have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
RICK RIORDANFrank 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.
RICK RIORDANYoung people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
RICK RIORDANSet screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted. “I will—” “Die?” Carter suggested.
RICK RIORDANBrother,” Artemis chided. “You do not help my Hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart.
RICK RIORDANFrank nodded grimly. “Well…any goddess who throws a Ding Dong at a giant can’t be all bad. Let’s go.
RICK RIORDANWhat are you?” She demanded. “My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?” Dad looked at Anubis. “What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.” “You didn’t need to tell me that.” Anubis’s face was grave. “I’ve learned to fear that sharp tongue.” Sadie looked outraged. “Excuse me?
RICK RIORDANPeople are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.
RICK RIORDANHumans see what they want to see.
RICK RIORDANA 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.
RICK RIORDANChaos is impatient. It’s random. And above all it’s selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want.
RICK RIORDANIf I’m going to burn, it might as well be bright.
RICK RIORDANAlways, Always have a plan
RICK RIORDANIt’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
RICK RIORDANHave you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
RICK RIORDAN