The Maze of Bones Quotes

“She led the way. Eyeless sockets of the dead seemed to stare at them as they passed.
"These are cool," Dan decided. "Maybe I could-"
"No, Dan," Amy said. "You can't collect human bones."
"Awww.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean - have you ever thought about what this ultimate treasure could be?"
"Something cool." (Dan)
"Oh, that's real helpful. I mean, what could make somebody the most powerful Cahill in history? And why thirty-nine clues?"
Dan shrugged. "Thirty-nine is a sweet number. It's thirteen times three. It's also the sum of five prime numbers in a row - 3,5,7,11,13. And if you add the first three powers of three, 3 to the first, 3 to the second, and s to the third, you get thirty-nine."
Amy stared at him. "How did you know that?"
"What do you mean? It's obvious.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians told her, the only copies existed in Paris.
"Yeah, here's a rare grocery list," Dan muttered. "Wow.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“He was dressed just like on TV, with lots of silver chains and bracelets, ripped jeans, and a black muscle shirt (Which was kind of stupid, since he didn't have any muscles).”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Purple light passed over the paper, but nothing happened.
"Next!" Amy said. She was sure the man in black was going to burst in on them any second.
"Whoa!" Dan said.
Amy gripped his arm. "You found it?"
"No, but look! This whole essay - 'To the Royal Academy.' He wrote a whole essay on farts!" Dan grinned with delight. "He's proposing a scientific study on different fart smells. You're right, Amy. This guy was a genius!”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Dan was thrilled that the second clue had been safely smuggled out of the church in his pants.
"So, really, I saved the day," he decided.
"Wait a minute," Amy said, "I climbed onto the roof in the middle of a thunderstorm."
"Yeah, but the clue was in my pants.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“What's the big deal with Bejamin Frankin, anyway? I mean, so the guy invented electricity or whatever. That was hundreds of years ago."
He didn't invent electricity," Amy said, trying not to sound too annoyed."He discovered that lightning was the same stuff as electicity. He invented lightning rods to protect buildings and experimented with batteries and-"
I do that. Have you ever put one on your tounge?”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“That's great. Except for the fact that it's completely unimportant.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“My dear children!"
Nellie whopped him upside the head with her backpack.
"Ow!" Uncle Alistair curled over, cupping his hand over his good eye.
"Nellie!" Amy said.
"Sorry," Nellie muttered. "I thought he was one of the bad guys.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Amy gritted her teeth. "King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot!"
Jonah looked at his dad. "Do we have souvenir chamber pots?"
"No." His dad whipped out his phone. "I'll make the call.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“A Styrofoam egg carton caught his eye. He opened it and found a single silver orb with little blinking red lights. "This is cool, too!" He dropped it into his backpack.
"Dan, no!"
"What? They've got plenty of other stuff, and we need all the help we can get!"
"It could be dangerous."
"I hope so.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“You can't call a ninja lord dweeb.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“No!" Amy said. "Dan, you're lucky it was only concussive. You could've wiped out the whole Holt family."

"And that would've been bad because...?”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“I want a room decorated with bones!" Dan said. "Where'd they come from?"
"Cemeteries," Amy said. "Back in the 1700s, the cemeteries were getting overcrowded, so they decided to dig up tons of old bodies–all their bones–and move them into the Catacombs. The thing is...look at the dates. See when they started moving bones into the Catacombs?"
Dan squinted at the screen. He didn't see what she was talking about. "Is it my birthday?”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“The whole scene made Dan think of American history tests, which were almost as scary as exploding museums.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“weigh ninety pounds.” “RESOLUTION:”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“They didn’t trust you,” the man in black said.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Dan felt as if the air had turned to glass. He was afraid to move or he might get cut.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Grace used to let her play with these — a pearl bracelet, a diamond ring,”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“It will have to be enough,” she whispered. And with that, Grace Cahill closed her eyes”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Dan Cahill thought he had the most annoying big sister on the planet. And that was before she set fire to two million dollars.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“In a weird, horrible way, it was almost beautiful.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Nellie’s nice!” Dan protested. “Hmph! This Nellie almost let you burn down the neighbor’s apartment building!” “Exactly!”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Madrigals.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“number. It’s thirteen times three. It’s also the sum of five prime numbers in a row—3, 5, 7, 11, 13. And if you add the first three powers of three, 31 plus 32 plus 33, you get thirty-nine.” Amy stared at him.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“One million dollars or the clue. You have five minutes to decide. - Mr. McIntyre”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“This family has been instrumental in shaping human civilization. Some of the most important figures in history have in fact been Cahills… Sir, you would be hard-pressed to name a major historical figure in the last few centuries who was not a member of this family. - Mr. McIntyre”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“This is what Grace wanted us to do.
Yeah, but a Babe Ruth and a Mickey Mantle…
Ian and Natalie will hate it, Amy coaxed. And Aunt Beatrice will probably blow a gasket.
A smile crept across his face. I guess Babe Ruth can wait.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“Thirty-nine is a sweet number. It's thirteen times three. It's also the sum of five prime numbers in a row - 3, 5, 7, 11, 13. And if you add the first three powers of three, 3^1 plus 3² plus 3³, you get thirty nine. - Dan”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones

“If you think for one minute I would - Did you say Paris?... I'm going to regret this," Nellie muttered. "But I might as well regret it in Paris.”
― Rick Riordan, The Maze of Bones