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"Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned.
"That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there."
"Which one is me?" I asked.
"The little deformed one," Zoe suggested.
"Oh, shut up." "
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)
"That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there."
"Which one is me?" I asked.
"The little deformed one," Zoe suggested.
"Oh, shut up." "
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)
"Jumping out a window five hundred feet aboveground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck."
— Rick Riordan (The Battle of the Labyrinth)
— Rick Riordan (The Battle of the Labyrinth)
""The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important."
"It was probably important to her.""
— Rick Riordan (The Sea of Monsters)
"It was probably important to her.""
— Rick Riordan (The Sea of Monsters)
"Afterward,i had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time."
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
"The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before.Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid".
~Percy "
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
~Percy "
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
"And so...hypothetically, if these two people liked each other, what would it take to get the stupid guy to kiss the girl, huh?
~Rachel"
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
~Rachel"
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
"Heck Hades hath no fury like a Percy Jackson Geek scorned."
— Nightshade!
— Nightshade!
"Your a stalker with hooves.
I am not! I followed her to the Big House and hid in a bush and watched the whole thing."
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)
I am not! I followed her to the Big House and hid in a bush and watched the whole thing."
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)
"Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up.
"You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together."
"You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?"
"You would've done the same for me."
It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod."
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
"You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together."
"You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?"
"You would've done the same for me."
It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod."
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
"...Percy Jackson? Isn't that the guy who wrote Twilight?"
— Swiftfire's dad
— Swiftfire's dad
"Read as you taste fruit or savor wine,
or enjoy friendship, love or life."
— George Holbrook Jackson
or enjoy friendship, love or life."
— George Holbrook Jackson
""Stop running, you fools!" Kronos yelled. "Stand and ACKK!"
That last part was because a panicked Hyperborean giant stumbled backward and sat on top of him. The lord of time disappeared under a giant blue butt."
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
That last part was because a panicked Hyperborean giant stumbled backward and sat on top of him. The lord of time disappeared under a giant blue butt."
— Rick Riordan (The Last Olympian)
""He's going to the hair doctor. The man's going bald." You hadn't noticed that whole underdeveloped region right up in here?"
"Oh, you're one to talk, Slick."
"Nah. See, when a black man goes bald, he still looks good. Look at Michael Jordan, George Foreman, Samuel L. Jackson, Classy-lookin' brothers, Who you got? Kojak?""
— Alex Kendrick
"Oh, you're one to talk, Slick."
"Nah. See, when a black man goes bald, he still looks good. Look at Michael Jordan, George Foreman, Samuel L. Jackson, Classy-lookin' brothers, Who you got? Kojak?""
— Alex Kendrick
"Just like people with faith, they don't want to die, Michael Jackson never wanted to grow up."
— Unkown Author
— Unkown Author
"We look high and low for God, but somehow He's not there. So we blame Him and tell ourselves that He must have forgotten us. Or else we decide that He left us long ago, if He was ever around."
"How strange," the little fish said, "to miss what is everywhere."
"Very strange," the old whale agreed. "Doesn't it remind you of fish who say they're thirsty?"
— Michael Jackson (Moonwalk)
"How strange," the little fish said, "to miss what is everywhere."
"Very strange," the old whale agreed. "Doesn't it remind you of fish who say they're thirsty?"
— Michael Jackson (Moonwalk)
"With a writer's eye, Irving detected Jackson's depths. "As his admirers say, he is truly an old Roman-to which I would add, with a little dash of the Greek; for I suspect he is as knowing as I believe he is honest."
— Jon Meacham (American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House)
— Jon Meacham (American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House)
"Always take all the time to reflect that circumstances permit, but when the time for action has come, stop thinking. (Andrew Jackson)"
— Jon Meacham (American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House)
— Jon Meacham (American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House)
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