Wrath of the Triple Goddess Quotes

“Annabeth and I were more than just two people. We were a pair, and when we stood at the crossroads, we did it together.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Annabeth often told me I would make a great dad, because I already had the right jokes—stupid, corny, and stupid.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“I’d missed my entire junior year thanks to some business we won’t get into (Hera) on account of some meddling gods (Hera) for reasons of a cosmic apocalypse (Hera).”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Hi,” I said. I have a way with words.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Grover and I exchanged a look of relief. Whenever Annabeth joined the chat, the odds of us doing something idiotic went way down. The odds were never zero, mind you, because I was still in the mix.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“My fatal flaw got in the way again. If I’d lost you because of my own pride …”

I took her hand. Her fingers were cold.

“You’re not getting rid of me that easy. We’ve all got our fatal flaws, right? If yours is hummus …”

She laughed weakly. “Hubris.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“I got out my whistle. I blew it. I couldn’t hear anything because of the high-pitched sound waves or whatever, but the whistle’s inscription lit up in rainbow colors—LEO+PERCY 4EVER ♥. As I may have mentioned, Leo is a doofus.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Hey, Wise Girl,” I said, trying to keep the panic out of my voice, “be wise. I don’t know much, but I do know we’re stronger together. Always.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Back in August, my stepdad Paul had tried to help me organize my schoolwork when he saw that it was way too much for me to keep straight on my own. He suggested I think of homework as triage. “Look at your assignments like they’re wounded patients,” he’d said, “and handle them in order of severity. ‘Okay, you need immediate attention, or you’ll die. You can wait a bit. You aren’t that bad—go home, take some aspirin, and call me tomorrow.’” I gave my homework a lot of aspirin.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“c) I can’t help wondering if she’s writing a character based on me. Maybe that sounds self-centered, but the idea of anybody writing a book about me makes me super paranoid.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“As we locked up, the door knockers told us: 1) to have a great day, 2) we would die in agony, and 3) PORK BELLIES! Honestly, I’d had stranger multiple-choice tests.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Books might not have much power over me, but I’m a sucker for small shiny objects.”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Spiral-Bound) [Spiral-bound] Rick Riordan

“My sword was better at slashy-slashy than stabby-stabby, and I did not want to slashy-slashy Annabeth. That would make her mad.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Have a good day at school, dear,” I told Annabeth. “Thanks, Mom!” She gave me a big wet kiss. “You guys and your public displays of affection,” Grover grumbled. On cue, Annabeth and I got on either side of him, wrapped him in a hug, and kissed him on either cheek with a big Mmm-whah! “Much better,” he muttered, blushing hard.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Occasionally, somebody would ask me if I'd ever dated anybody besides Annabeth, or if I'd ever thought about dating someone else. Honestly? The answer was no.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Mr. D’s idea of fun would have been to turn us all into Amazon river dolphins. I didn’t want to test him.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“We had some trouble on Third Avenue when Hecuba decided to attack a Lil Zeus Greek food cart, [...] I couldn't be too mad at Hecuba. For one thing, the food smelled good. For another, anything labeled Zeus sent me into attack mode, too.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“He sniffed all the pee messages from the other dogs, then lifted his leg and hit reply.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“...life is short. You have to take time to stop and smell the trash cans.”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Spiral-Bound) [Spiral-bound] Rick Riordan

“Hecate showed us a few other highlights of the polecat cave: the cardboard box where Gale liked to sleep, next to the expensive polecat habitat that had come in the box but Gale wouldn’t even look at.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“I'm not sure if you've ever had this experience where you see someone you know from a distance, and for a split second, you don't recognize them. Your brain just registers, Oh, that person looks amazing. Then you realize it's someone you've known for years—your girlfriend.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Fortunately, there was Annabeth. (That sentence describes a lot of my life, actually.)”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Hecate arched her eyebrows. “I don’t limit access to books, Percy Jackson. I’m not a monster.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“On my keychain, I kept a dog whistle that Leo Valdez had given me. It wasn’t made of Stygian ice like my first one—that had shattered. This one was Celestial bronze and engraved with LEO+PERCY 4EVER ♥, because Leo is a doofus.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“I thought about Grover’s comment—that things had to get easier. The problem was, in Percy World, things never got easier, only weirder.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“I was glad I hadn’t had to learn animal-speak for my school’s foreign-language requirement. I’d barely been able to master numbers and colors in Spanish, even with my friend Leo Valdez as a tutor.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“She can’t do all your homework for you, dude,” Hana said. “Yeah, she has to do our homework,” Dave said.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“You want to get back to the party?”

“Nah.” She kissed me. “I’m good.”

We sat for a while together, and I had to agree. We were pretty good.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“It was a race between the baby and the book, and the baby was winning.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess

“Preparing for squirrels. Need silence, please.”
― Rick Riordan, Wrath of the Triple Goddess