Bad news Quote by Rick Riordan

“Vast, Polyphemus-like, and loathsome, it darted like a stupendous monster of nightmares to the monolith, about which it flung its gigantic scaly arms, the…

— H. P. Lovecraft

“The Cyclops was about to roll the stone back into place, when from somewhere outside Annabeth shouted, "Hello, ugly!" Polyphemus stiffened. "Who said that?"…

— Rick Riordan

“And then came the cyclops.” “Cyclops?” Gabriel looked at him askance. “Big bastards, one huge eye right here on their head?” Clay leveled a…

— Nicholas Eames

“Awesome. I'd terrified the Legatus of the Golden Legion just by showing him my sword. If I waved it around, he'd probably explode.”

— Ilona Andrews

“Now, Polydeuces, let her be,” Castor said, hugging me again. “Look at that face! Her brow’s all creased with worry, and for nothing. As…

— Esther M. Friesner

“That thing was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a…

— Kentaro Miura

Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k...a C-y-k..." She stamped her foot in frustration. As smart as she was, Annabeth was…

— Rick Riordan

“We all know what a big giant sword you have, I’m sure. No need for you to wave it in our faces yet again.”

— George R.R. Martin

“I looked him in the eyes and hoped my threat would work. I know it seems ridiculous, a sixteen-year-old trying to stare down a…

— Rick Riordan

“Unsheathe your swords!' He considered that. 'Or cheaper weapons! Let us ... do some good!”

— Joe Abercrombie

“The alternative is the sword over your heads,' he said. 'I know,' I agreed unhappily. 'But that isn't the way. A sword inside us…

— John Wyndham

“But I saw the pair of them, along with everyone else. Hard to miss. Him towering like a raggedy scarecrow in that flapping black…

— Ellen Kushner