Hubris means deadly pride. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
What are you thinking? Nothing. I mean...a lot of things. Kind of all at once. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Grover: It’s a very sweet love story. I get misty-eyed every time I play it. So does Percy, but I think that’s… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“What in the world are you thinking? I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Hey, guys!" Grover yelled somewhere above us. "I think she's unconscious!" "Roooaaarrr!" "Maybe not," Grover corrected. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest WHAT IF.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I missed him so much I would sometimes turn to tell him something before I forgot he was gone. In spite of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
George unhinged his jaw and coughed up a little plastic bottle filled with chewable vitamins. "You're kidding," I said. "Are those Minotaur-shaped?"… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You're Dionysus," I said. "The god of wine." Mr. D rolled his eyes. "What do they say these days, Grover? Do the… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I stepped forward. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted to keep his focus on me and not Annabeth. I think it’s polite… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
There," Zoë suggested."By the Embarcadero Building." "Good thinking," Chuck said. "Me and Hank can blend in with the pigeons." We all looked… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Oh, my dear! I’m afraid you’ve mistaken me for someone else! My name is Rhea Silvia. I was the mother to Romulus… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Oh, lord. I was beginning to think like Neith. Soon I'd be huddled in an underground bunker eating army rations and cackling… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge finds out- oh, gods, you've been here… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
His left eyebrow crept higher and higher as I told him the strange bits like the glowing letters and serpent staff. "Well,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Piper leaned toward [Jason], her caramel braid falling over her shoulder. Her multicolored eyes made it hard for him to think straight.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
He gave me the brochure. It was about the Hunters of Artemis. The front read, A WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE! Inside… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I believe in pink.I believe laughing is the best calorie burner.I believe in kissing,kissing alot!I believe in being strong when everything seems… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Hermes's shoulders sagged. "They'll try, Percy. Oh, we'll all try to keep our promise. And maybe for a while things will get… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Chiron, I don't think the attic is the proper place for our new Oracle, do you?" "No, indeed." Chiron looked a lot… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Shut up, me,” Leo said aloud. “What?” Piper asked. “Nothing,” he said. “Long night. I think I’m hallucinating. It’s cool.” Sitting in… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I seriously needed an extra-strength magic pillow, because my ba refused to stay put. [And no, Sadie, I don't think wrapping my… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I looked down at my clothes. They were slashed to pieces and full of bullet holes, but I was fine. Not a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
No!" Leo yelled. "Uhhh," Nico groaned from the floor. "Piper!" Jason cried. "Monkey!" Frank yelled. "Not monkeys," Hazel grumbled. "I think those… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I couldn't help thinking about my dream, with Annabeth crumpled and lifeless in Luke's arms. Here I was rescuing baby monsters, but… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Think long and hard about how you proceed, Nico di Angelo. You cannot lie to Cupid. If you let your anger rule… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Do you think me cruel?” Neith asked. “Oh, yes, I collect the pockets of my enemies.” “Horrifying,” I said. “I didn’t know… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
something inside me clicked, like an engine shifting into higher gear. My thinking suddenly became faster and clearer. The anger and fear… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Amos stopped before the entrance, which was the size of a garage door—a dark heavy square of timber with no visible handle… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
At least he had Annabeth. They would find a way out of Tartarus. They had to. He didn't think much of fates… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading and wanting to read more, and if they left my classroom thinking… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Percy?" Annabeth gripped his arm. "Oh, bad," he muttered. "Bad. Bad." He looked across the table at Frank and Hazel. "You guys… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
So you've got no name?" I asked. "They couldn't think of one ugly enough?" The creature snarled, stepping over the unconscious policeman.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Otrera stayed dead the second time," Kinzie said, batting her eyes. "We have to thank you for that. If you ever need… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
What in the world are you thinking?” She sounded pretty flustered. “I try not to think,” Leo admitted. “It interferes with being… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
Oh, dear Hazel.” Aphrodite folded her fan. “Such optimism, yet you have heartrending days ahead of you. Of course war is coming. Love and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
“He started toward the entrance. Seriously, how could he not? He stopped when he noticed the girl. She was kneeling in her vegetable garden,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy "Percy... Chiron's collection! — Rick Riordan Copy Share
“When you take someone’s hand and lead them to Valhalla, you get a glimpse into their soul.” “Did that happen when you took me?”… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
“he didn’t look as good as Piper had last night after she’d suddenly been transformed.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share
There’s my baby!” I cried, quite carried away. “There’s my Poochiekins!” Ammit ran at me and leaped into my arms, nuzzling me with his… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
“Leo plunked the cheese wheel in front of me. "Cut me a wedge of this, my good ma. Chop-chop!" I scowled at him. "Don't… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
It's all still about having a good story. You have to have a good story as your anchor, as your main focus. So for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
I disobeyed Ra's wishes, and so he ordered my onw father, Shu-" "Hang on," I said. "Shoe?" "S-h-u," she said. "The god of the… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
“Nico knelt and picked it up. He regarded Jason, as if waiting for an attack. "If the others found out-" "If the others found… — Rick Riordan Copy Share
[Hazel] hissed in frustration. 'I hate eidolons. I thought Piper made them promise to stay away.' 'Oh...' Frank said, like he'd just had his… — Rick Riordan Copy Share