--- title: "6 Bus Quotes By Rick Riordan" description: "6 Bus quotes by Rick Riordan. Plus more from Rick Riordan and more Bus sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/rick-riordan-27_bus_whoa-said-nico-as-he-climbed-off-the-bus_131962.jpg" --- > [Whoa," said Nico as he climbed off the bus. "Is that a climbing wall?" "Yeah," I (Percy) said. "Why is there lava…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/whoa-said-nico-as-he-climbed-off-the-bus-is-that-a-climbing-wall-yeah/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/rick-riordan-27_bus_whoa-said-nico-as-he-climbed-off-the-bus_131962.jpg) > [In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/in-a-way-it-s-nice-to-know-that-there-are-greek-gods-out-there/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/rick-riordan-27_bad-luck_in-a-way-it-s-nice-to-know-that-there-ar_244658.jpg) > [See, bad things happen to me on field trips. Like at my fifth-grade school, when we went to the Saratoga battlefield, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/see-bad-things-happen-to-me-on-field-trips-like-at-my-fifth-grade/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/rick-riordan-27_accidents_see-bad-things-happen-to-me-on-field-tri_1421316.jpg) > [I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain, her eyes had their usual angry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/i-looked-at-thalia-you-re-afraid-of-heights-now-that-we-were-safely/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/rick-riordan-27_angry_i-looked-at-thalia-you-re-afraid-of-heig_2235367.jpg) > [I wasn't aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/i-wasn-t-aiming-at-the-school-bus-but-of-course-i-got-expelled-anyway/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/rick-riordan-27_bus_i-wasn-t-aiming-at-the-school-bus-but-of_2524393.jpg) > [At the rear of the bus, the driver wrenched a big chunk of smoking metal out of the engine compartment. The bus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/at-the-rear-of-the-bus-the-driver-wrenched-a-big-chunk-of-smoking/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/rick-riordan-27_bigs_at-the-rear-of-the-bus-the-driver-wrench_2805787.jpg) ## Other authors on Bus ## More by Rick Riordan > [“It made sense, and I felt kind of stupid. I’d been hanging around dryads”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/it-made-sense-and-i-felt-kind-of-stupid-i-d-been-hanging-around-dryads/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [“That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/that-awkward-moment-when-you-jump-out-a-window-because-your-friend/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [Oh, dear Hazel.” Aphrodite folded her fan. “Such optimism, yet you have heartrending days ahead of you. Of course war is coming. Love and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/oh-dear-hazel-aphrodite-folded-her-fan-such-optimism-yet-you-have/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/kids-if-anything-are-harder-to-write-for-because-they-are-a-more/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [“He started toward the entrance. Seriously, how could he not? He stopped when he noticed the girl. She was kneeling in her vegetable garden,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/he-started-toward-the-entrance-seriously-how-could-he-not-he-stopped/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy "Percy... Chiron's collection!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/hercules-used-noise-brass-bells-he-scared-them-away-with-the-most/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [“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?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/when-you-take-someone-s-hand-and-lead-them-to-valhalla-you-get-a/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [“he didn’t look as good as Piper had last night after she’d suddenly been transformed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/he-didn-t-look-as-good-as-piper-had-last-night-after-she-d-suddenly/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/there-s-my-baby-i-cried-quite-carried-away-there-s-my-poochiekins/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/leo-plunked-the-cheese-wheel-in-front-of-me-cut-me-a-wedge-of-this-my/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/it-s-all-still-about-having-a-good-story-you-have-to-have-a-good/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/i-disobeyed-ra-s-wishes-and-so-he-ordered-my-onw-father-shu-hang-on-i/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [“Nico knelt and picked it up. He regarded Jason, as if waiting for an attack. "If the others found out-" "If the others found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/nico-knelt-and-picked-it-up-he-regarded-jason-as-if-waiting-for-an/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [Wouldn't that put a twist in your toga?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/wouldn-t-that-put-a-twist-in-your-toga/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [ \[Hazel\] hissed in frustration. 'I hate eidolons. I thought Piper made them promise to stay away.' 'Oh...' Frank said, like he'd just had his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/hazel-hissed-in-frustration-i-hate-eidolons-i-thought-piper-made-them/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bus/rick-riordan/#itemlist", "name": "6 Bus Quotes By Rick Riordan", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whoa,\" said Nico as he climbed off the bus. \"Is that a climbing wall?\" \"Yeah,\" I (Percy) said. \"Why is there lava pouring down it?\" \"Little extra challenge...\" - Percy", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rick Riordan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/whoa-said-nico-as-he-climbed-off-the-bus-is-that-a-climbing-wall-yeah/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/rick-riordan-27_bus_whoa-said-nico-as-he-climbed-off-the-bus_131962.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/rick-riordan-27_bus_whoa-said-nico-as-he-climbed-off-the-bus_131962.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/rick-riordan-27_bus_whoa-said-nico-as-he-climbed-off-the-bus_131962.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whoa,\" said Nico as he climbed off the bus. \"Is that a climbing wall?\" \"Yeah,\" I (Percy) said. \"Why is there…” — Rick Riordan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. 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