Quote by Rick Riordan

“Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos were lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm…

— Terry Pratchett

“And the city itself was just a glow on the dark earth...”

— Monica Ali

“So while gods and goddesses are mysteriously dying for reasons the council can’t possibly be sure of, you’re going to listen to Zeus for…

— Aimee Carter

“He stepped around me until he and Kale were nose to nose. Even though I knew it was the remnants of the storm, I…

— Jus Accardo

“I could have thought up a lot of things, but many great people had to go and live before me. They might have stole…

— Jarod Kintz

“The air is cold and dusk has descended. In the distance lightning flickers and a far away rumble of thunder awakens my thoughts and…

— Donna Lynn Hope

“Piper wondered if Olympian gods ever blasted their kids with lightning for being evil, or grounded them in the Underworld.”

— Rick Riordan

“How strange tonight, this city. As if something trembled below its surface, waiting to burst through.”

— Thomas Pynchon

“Nothing monumental happened, the earth didn’t shake, and lightning didn’t strike. There was just a simple moment of raw emotion, unbridled and exposed to…

— Sage Steadman

“The lesson seemed to be twofold: do not anger the gods, but if you must, at least make sure your city isn't next to…

— Jonathan L. Howard

“Under the right circumstances, a tiny spark can grow into an inferno that can overcome an entire city. So can an idea.”

— Richard Paul Evans

“But God is only a white cold eye, a quarter-moon poised above the smoke, blinking, blinking, as the city is gradually pounded to dust.”

— Anthony Doerr