Wha-what?" Her eyes fluttered open.
"Nothing," I shouted. "We're being followed by a slaying machine. Go back to sleep.
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He leaned across the d...
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"...
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take thi...
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or you can smile because she has lived.
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"Should I just sleep with my legs spr...
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"Yes."
"I'll go back to sleep, then."
"Good.
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/pera,daks/ noun
1. Being told to wake up and come back to reality by your...
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~Carter Ka...
RICK RIORDAN Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late.
~Carter Kane
RICK RIORDAN If I were a flowerpot, I would've checked my hair.
~Carter Kane
RICK RIORDAN Let her go!" That was a new voice, young but full of authority. ... There was Prince Maxon.
......
KIERA CASS Me?...Stupid?” I fluttered my eyes innocently. “When have I ever done anything stupid?”
<...
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I want to know:
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Are stars born in t...
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... Sudden, overwhelming pan...
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JUDITH JAMES What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are still
swolle...
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Four pairs of e...
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But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sle...
ROBERT FROST These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before...
ROBERT FROST The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I ...
ROBERT FROST Open your eyes
Open your ears
Open your mind
Open your heart
They are your porta...
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LISA KESSLER We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise,
And the door stood open at our feast,
W...
MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE He rushed beyond the barrier and called to her to follow. He was shouted at to go on but he still ca...
JAMES JOYCE My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red...
...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward.
"Cather..."
Back up to his eyes.
RAINBOW ROWELL At a given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, for all eternity, what was there? Noth...
UGO BETTI At Night
Love said, "Wake still and think of me,"
Sleep, "Close your eyes til...
SARA TEASDALE Jack: "..You were the only one I saw when I closed my eyes"
Lexi: "Then why wasn't I enough w...
K.A. LINDE Dee’s hand fluttered around her as she spoke. “I was outside, and it looked as if a light show w...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT She'll forgive me for defending myself as soon as she...gets back. And you had better hope that she ...
AMELIA ATWATER-RHODES No Child of Yours
I saw a child hide in the corner
So I went and asked her name
TERESA COOPER Alex thrust her hand and half her arm into the labyrinth of light.
Her stare blanked, and in t...
G.S. JENNSEN Don’t sleep with a blindfold on. Sleep with your eyes open and alert, because love may come in you...
JAROD KINTZ He sighed, then said, "So basically, you're stalking her."
"I am NOT stalking her." I insisted....
JENNIFER ECHOLS She tied her blond hair back with a strip of denim torn from her pants leg, and in the fiery light o...
RICK RIORDAN When I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home.
- Scarey Monsters (and Super...
DAVID BOWIE Peter," she began. He looked up at her, and she could see the pain in his eyes. "I love you," she sa...
SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT Star light, Star bright
First star I see tonight…
I whispered your name to a star ...
N'ZURI ZA AUSTIN What have the nibblers ever done for you?"
The breeze ruffled her hair, pushing it back from he...
SUZANNE COLLINS What are you doing?”
“What?”
Emrys didn’t raise his voice as he said, “To that g...
SARAH J. MAAS You know what part I like about waking up early? None.. let me go back to sleep.
ANONYMOUS I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of:
a) The dark
b) Cold shivers up your s...
RICK RIORDAN Live fully and without fear
RICK RIORDAN APOLLO'S DAILY MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH
"You are gorgeous and people love you!
RICK RIORDAN The hair she means to have is gold,
Her eyes are blue, she's twelve weeks old,
Plump are her f...
FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON Oh, dear God and baby Jesus in the manger, my eyes!” Dee shrieked. “My eyes!”
My own eyes...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Dang! Look at that RAINBOW!" Piper shouted, accidently spewing bits of apple pie from her overstuffe...
VICTORIA FORESTER It was then that my gaze happened to fall on the bookcase, on the gap there, where the old paperback...
T.C. BOYLE I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an...
DIANA GABALDON Jump!" Kyntak yelled.
"What?" Six shouted incredulously. It was hundreds of meters to the concr...
JACK HEATH Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then...
COLM TOIBIN After being accused of bribery (patronage jobs in exchange for being able to name candidates for Dis...
FRANK RIZZO Do you trust me?"
She could still hear him, through flesh and noise.
"I love you!" she sho...
DAWN METCALF I brush a strand of hair from her face, then move beside her. When she wraps her arms around my neck...
SIMONE ELKELES The kitchen window groaned open, and Jimi shouted out, “Blue! Your boys are out front, looking lik...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER Duende
I can't remember her name.
It's not as though I've been in bed
with that...
JACK GILBERT I am troubled, immeasurably
by your eyes.
I am struck by the feather
of your soft re...
JIM MORRISON Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?
Rick: Oh, he's just like any othe...
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MOLLY HARPER What do you want to show me?"
"Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a mi...
RAINBOW ROWELL That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But this is touching, Severus,” said Dumbledore seriously. “Have you grown to care for the boy, ...
J.K. ROWLING The butterfly went on to fly.
I stood still to watch as it went by.
My eyes followed with longing th...
LEAH DANCEL She's alive," Thomas said, not opening his eyes.
"What?" Will was caught off guard.
"The o...
CASSANDRA CLARE Star light, Star bright
I wish upon the stars tonight…
I whispered your name to a ...
N'ZURI ZA AUSTIN Gabrielle chuckled, her dark eyes twinkling. “So he’s been after you, has he? Poor Etta, pursued...
MICHELLE O'LEARY We should go straight west. The prophecy said west."
"Oh, like your tracking skills are better?...
RICK RIORDAN Steady there,” he says. His brow is furrowed. His eyes are deep-set and sad. “You can ride with ...
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"Yeah?"
"I thought you'd want to know."
"Yeah?"
"Cerb...
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RICK RIORDAN Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
"He's the sun god," I said.
"That's not what I me...
RICK RIORDAN I wanted to argue but I found I couldn't. Athena was pretty darn smart.
RICK RIORDAN There is always a way for those clever enough to find it.
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RICK RIORDAN Headache!" Zeus bellowed. "Bad. bad headache!"
As if to prove his point, the lord of the univer...
RICK RIORDAN your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos's traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty ...
RICK RIORDAN Wisdom's daughter walks alone.
That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. I...
RICK RIORDAN The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. ...
RICK RIORDAN People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn't e...
RICK RIORDAN Athena stood in the middle of the road with her arms crossed and a look on her face that made me thi...
RICK RIORDAN Athena called, "Annabeth Chase, my own daughter."
Annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward...
RICK RIORDAN I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, ...
RICK RIORDAN She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly...
RICK RIORDAN There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.
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RICK RIORDAN Not knowing is half the fun," Aphrodite said, "Exquisitely painful isn't it? Not being sure who you ...
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth gripped the hilt of her dagger. “A bounty on our heads . . . as if we didn’t attract en...
RICK RIORDAN The cord, a familiar voice said. Remember your lifeline, dummy!
Suddenly there was a tug in my ...
RICK RIORDAN You sneaked into my cabin?”
Annabeth rolled her eyes. “Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two ...
RICK RIORDAN I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth.
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We stood at the river's edge, looking up at a curve of c...
RICK RIORDAN And,” Annabeth continued, “it reminds me how long we’ve known each other. We were twelve RICK RIORDAN He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth a...
RICK RIORDAN I could have killed you.”
“Or I could have killed you,” Percy said.
Jason shrugged....
RICK RIORDAN I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? Yo...
RICK RIORDAN Argh!" Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the wa...
RICK RIORDAN This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.
RICK RIORDAN You drool when you sleep.
RICK RIORDAN Hey, can I see that sword you were using?"
I showed him Riptide, and explained how it turned fr...
RICK RIORDAN I'm calm," Rachel insisted. "Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervou...
RICK RIORDAN Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?"
I don't hate you."
Could've foole...
RICK RIORDAN Leo: Rainbows. Very macho.
Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the...
RICK RIORDAN It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive...
RICK RIORDAN Monkey bar," Annabeth said. "I'm great at these." She leaped onto to the first rung and start swingi...
RICK RIORDAN She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"
You'd probably ki...
RICK RIORDAN Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up.
"Y...
RICK RIORDAN Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked.
"It only works on wild animals....
RICK RIORDAN Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?
Annabeth: Come back alive,...
RICK RIORDAN You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?"
"Not even a little bit." I showed him that I ...
RICK RIORDAN What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?"
"I don't know. B...
RICK RIORDAN The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They w...
RICK RIORDAN A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He...
RICK RIORDAN Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick yo...
RICK RIORDAN Dreams like a podcast,
Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."
"Apoll...
RICK RIORDAN Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderf...
RICK RIORDAN It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
RICK RIORDAN Rachel: You're a half-blood, too?
Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about?
RICK RIORDAN I turned to Dionysus. "You cured him?"
"Madness is my specialty. It was quite simple."
"Bu...
RICK RIORDAN My name is Percy Jackson.
I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding stude...
RICK RIORDAN Hermes gazed up at the stars. "My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons...
RICK RIORDAN Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really."
Her...
RICK RIORDAN It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inv...
RICK RIORDAN Like water leaking through a dam," said Piper.
"Yeah," smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole." RICK RIORDAN I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mor...
RICK RIORDAN A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
RICK RIORDAN Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as fa...
RICK RIORDAN I said hello to the poodle.
RICK RIORDAN Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter."
RICK RIORDAN Love is on every side, Cupid said. And no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.<...
RICK RIORDAN Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.
Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,...
RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson...
RICK RIORDAN You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats th...
RICK RIORDAN Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
RICK RIORDAN The real world is where the monsters are.
RICK RIORDAN It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
RICK RIORDAN I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
RICK RIORDAN We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
RICK RIORDAN Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of h...
RICK RIORDAN The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human b...
RICK RIORDAN She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbre...
RICK RIORDAN Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”
“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
RICK RIORDAN She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a...
RICK RIORDAN Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
RICK RIORDAN Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge fin...
RICK RIORDAN Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a tot...
RICK RIORDAN Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
RICK RIORDAN Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of wha...
RICK RIORDAN Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we ...
RICK RIORDAN He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank...
RICK RIORDAN Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the ...
RICK RIORDAN Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in ...
RICK RIORDAN Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a ...
RICK RIORDAN Juno: "All roads lead there child. You should know that."
Percy: "Detention?
RICK RIORDAN They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a littl...
RICK RIORDAN Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid...
RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
RICK RIORDAN Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"
He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."
Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”
The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"
Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."
Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger.
Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo...
RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties...
RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn...
RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr...
RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!
RICK RIORDAN In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ...
RICK RIORDAN THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!"
Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t...
RICK RIORDAN Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
RICK RIORDAN Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
RICK RIORDAN If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
RICK RIORDAN She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.
RICK RIORDAN A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ...
RICK RIORDAN Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers ...
RICK RIORDAN Humans see what they want to see.
RICK RIORDAN Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
RICK RIORDAN Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, wh...
RICK RIORDAN You will suffer, son of Hades!’
What else is new? Nico thought.
RICK RIORDAN This is so cool!" Nico said, jumping up and down in the driver's seat. "Is this really the sun? I th...
RICK RIORDAN Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea.
If I'd known what was coming, I would've called i...
RICK RIORDAN I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret.
RICK RIORDAN For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked a...
RICK RIORDAN He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace....
RICK RIORDAN Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’
‘How can you even talk to me like t...
RICK RIORDAN Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?"
He shrugged. "Techn...
RICK RIORDAN Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.
RICK RIORDAN With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
RICK RIORDAN Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile....
RICK RIORDAN Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friend...
RICK RIORDAN Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wro...
RICK RIORDAN What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apol...
RICK RIORDAN Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind...
RICK RIORDAN Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
RICK RIORDAN I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue pla...
RICK RIORDAN Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand...
RICK RIORDAN Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over aga...
RICK RIORDAN She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doin...
RICK RIORDAN The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.
RICK RIORDAN How did you die?"
"We er....drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big ...
RICK RIORDAN Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between...
RICK RIORDAN Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs a...
RICK RIORDAN Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
RICK RIORDAN I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster."
End of discussion.The Tita...
RICK RIORDAN We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.”
Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez i...
RICK RIORDAN Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.
RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Perc...
RICK RIORDAN You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!
RICK RIORDAN Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s...
RICK RIORDAN