If my mom told one more story about how cute I looked in the bathtub when I was three years old I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Cacus.” I’d had years of practice looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn’t know. It’s a skill of mine.… — 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
What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should've been named ADHD poster child of the year. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
He dropped the rest of the Cokes into the grave and pulled out a white paper bag decorated with cartoons. I hadn’t… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I can’t believe how much this place has grown,” Hazel muttered. The taxi driver grinned in the rearview mirror. “Been a long… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I don't feel that way anymore," Nico muttered. "I mean... I gave up on Percy. I was young and impressionable, and I-… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Even if these stories are 3,000 years old, there's still so much about the characters, about the dilemmas, about their understanding of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You’re probably thinking: Wait, you just charged in without a plan? But Annabeth and I had been fighting together for years. We… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Percy smiled at her - that sarcastic troublemaker smile that had annoyed her for years but eventually had become endearing. His sea-green… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
As he fell toward the highway, a horrible scenario flashed through his mind: his body smashing against an SUV's windshield, some annoyed… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Kids ask me questions. You'd think after doing this for four years, I would have heard every single question anyone could think… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I can't get through the year without getting kicked out or blowing something up. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I sometimes look at my bookshelves today and wonder which volumes my sons will treasure in twenty or thirty years. Which should… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I go back and research, say, every reference to the Gorgons, and I find what the classical writers said about them and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
He looked like an evil male model, showing off what the fashionable college age villain was wearing to Harvard this year. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It was if the city knew about Percy's dream of Gaea. It knew that the earth goddess intended on razing all human… — 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
My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Briefly, the nymphaeum glowed with a softer light, like a full moon. Piper smelled exotic spices and blooming roses. She heard distant… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The Ancient Egyptians were not fools, Carter. They built the pyramids. They created the first great nation state. Their civilization lasted thousands… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Tyson okay?” I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He’s fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary. I think that's why I want to be an architect."… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I wrote for 10 years before I even started the 'Percy Jackson' series. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Just tell me, Percy, do you still have the birthday gift I gave you last summer?" I nodded and pulled out my… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Kinzie smiled smugly. “You admire our base of operations? Yes, our distribution system is worldwide. It took many years and most of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across--hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It blew my mind that this stuff had survived for two thousand, three thousand years. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Artemis must be present at the solstice," Zoe said. "She has been the most vocal on the council, arguing for taking action… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Beckendorf, whose legs were now working fine (nothing like being chased by a huge monster to get your body back in order)… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
He'd changed since the last summer. Instead of Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Leo drummed his fingers. “Great. I should have installed a smoke screen that makes the ship smell like a giant chicken nugget.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“It made sense, and I felt kind of stupid. I’d been hanging around dryads” — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“he didn’t look as good as Piper had last night after she’d suddenly been transformed.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
