Behinds Quote by Rick Riordan

“The farm god raised his eyes to the ceiling, like, Why me, Demeter?”

— Rick Riordan

“I wonder now about Demeter and Persephone. Maybe Persephone was glad to run off with the king of death to his underground realm, maybe…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Somebody's been feeding the boy fables. Probably the king's niece. Humph. Nice girl. Too many romantic notions, though.”

— Patrick W. Carr

“I knew how to raise my own child, what did he think it was, a game of Scrabble or Monopoly, there are no rules,…

— Nicole Krauss

“She was eager to stoop to his level.”

— Anne Taintor

“But he was so young then that later he was only able to remember fragments of what happened next: the lull of the morning…

— Téa Obreht

“Time had stopped, or so it seemed. Every day was like the one before it, with little of note or consequence. Each night Persephone…

— Sasha Summers

“She’d been so busy worrying about soldier boys and villagers she’d forgotten the jungle had hunters of its own, and now she was going…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“Beware! said the peridxis's voice in her head. Don't let It's shadowy little truth overwhelm the greater one.”

— Diane Duane

“You could be my goddess queen. Together, we’d build the largest settlement on earth! With your crops and my sun, we’d feed thousands. Between…

— Kresley Cole

“Alston snorted. "Be realistic, Peri. You don't have the power to challenge us. Not unless you possessed all of the Fae stones." Peri pulled…

— Quinn Loftis

“What's your enterprise of choice?" Vane grinned. "Hops." Patience blinked. "Hops?" "A vital ingredient used to flavor and clarify beers. I own Pembury Manor,…

— Stephanie Laurens