I can see the stars again, my lady.- Zoe Nightshade
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 3: The Titan’s CurseWith great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 5: The Last OlympianLook, I didn't want to be a half-blood. Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed. If you think you might be one of us, my advice is turn away while you still can. Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth. Try to live a normal life. Because once you know what you are, they'll sense it too. And they'll come for you. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Percy Jackson - and the OlympiansHercules, huh? That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn - there he is.
StarbucksRick Riordan in Percy Jackson - The Heroes of Olympus 3: The Mark of Athena"Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
"He's the sun god," I said.
"That's not what I meant."
Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - The Heroes of Olympus 2: The Son of NeptuneFamilies are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse…and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 2: The Sea Of MonstersWhere's the glory in repeating what others have done?
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 1: The Lightning ThiefAll I could think of was that the teachers must've found the illegal stash of candy I'd been selling out of my dorms room. Or maybe they'd realized I got my Essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 1: The Lightning ThiefYou hit the lord of the titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 4: The Battle Of The LabyrinthPeople are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 4: The Battle Of The LabyrinthDeadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 1: The Lightning ThiefYou will see things just as they are, being a half-blood, but humans will interpret things quite differently. Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 1: The Lightning ThiefKnowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 1: The Lightning ThiefIf my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 1: The Lightning ThiefDon't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 4: The Battle Of The LabyrinthIn a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some divine force is really trying to mess up your day.
Rick Riordan in Percy Jackson - 3: The Titan’s Curse