The Hidden Oracle Quotes

“THE TREES WERE using their inside voices.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“(Yes, occasionally I might have ordered demigods to run trivial errands for me, like starting wars or retrieving magic items from monsters’ lairs, but those requests didn’t count.)”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I hummed “Y.M.C.A.,” which I used to perform with the Village People in my construction worker costume until the Indian chief and I got in a fight over”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I am a natural storyteller. I have an infallible instinct for drama. I want to relate what should have happened: how I leaped forward shouting, “Nooooo!” and spun like an acrobat, knocking aside the lit match, then twisted in a series of blazing-fast Shaolin moves, cracking Nero’s head and taking out his bodyguards before they could recover. Ah, yes. That would have been perfect. Alas, the truth constrains me. Curse you, truth! In fact, I spluttered something like, “Nuh-uh, dun-doot!” I may have waved my Brazilian handkerchief with the hope that its magic would destroy my enemies.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“The trees know what is up, yo”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“His chin was so weak, I was tempted to create a GoFundMe campaign to buy him a better jaw.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“But I had also sworn not to play music, and I had already broken that part of the oath in the most egregious, Neil-Diamondy way possible.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Hey, girl.” My eyes rolled up in my head and, for the second time that week, I charmingly passed out in front of her.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“When Lizzy Stanton and I hosted the first women’s rights convention in Woodstock—” “I think you mean Seneca Falls?” Rhea frowned. “Wasn’t that in the ’60s?” “The ’40s,” I said. “The 1840s, if memory serves.” “So…Jimi Hendrix wasn’t there?” “Doubtful.” Rhea fiddled with her peace symbol. “Then who set that guitar on fire?”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Has being a god ever stopped someone from being stupid?” She had a point. Not about me personally, of course, but the stories I could tell you about the other Olympians…”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“The Man, man. Big Brother.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“She’s a messenger of the gods, right? Along with Hermes and that other groovy liberated chick…Joan of Arc?” “Er, I’m not sure about that last one.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Gag me with a peace symbol Not groovy, Mama”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I was too busy contemplating, on a scale of one to ten, the pain I might have to endure in the near future.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Aw, man.” Leo winced. “I’m terrible at sing-alongs. I always clap and do the ‘Old MacDonald’ sounds at the wrong time. Can we skip this?”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Fun. I don’t know about calling the whole quest thing Apollo’s trials, though. I think we should call it Leo Valdez’s Victory Lap World Tour.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I am still quite handsome,” I protested. “I just need to clear up this acne.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Babe?” Percy asked. Leo’s expression brightened. “Yeah. She won’t call me Hunk Muffin, though. I dunno why.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“(Long story. Juicy gossip. Please do not ask me later.)”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Damien White punched Leo’s arm and walked away grinning. I wasn’t sure Damien even knew Leo. He simply couldn’t turn down a chance to punch someone.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Now, the Oscar Meyer Weiner song—that is poetry.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“wasn’t going to stop me from making some new fans…I mean friends.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Her bobbed hair was aquamarine and her makeup gold. I completely approved. In fact, I thought I could rock that look myself if I could just get my acne under control.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“though my possession of a ukulele had rarely made anyone feel better. Don’t ask me why. When I was a god, I used to do an absolutely blistering ukulele version of “Satisfaction.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“It was almost enough to make me question my self-worth. No, no. That was crazy talk.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Stop it, Apollo, I scolded myself. You’re beautiful and everyone loves you.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I suppose a single demigod disappearing every few weeks felt like a normal casualty rate.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“senior year, pass my DSTOMP and my SAT,”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Will Solace sighed. He was, of course, tied to Nico. He propped his elbow on Nico’s shoulder as if the son of Hades were a convenient shelf. “I miss Grover. He used to organize things like this so well.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Yorkers were awed by my obvious power and unearthly good looks. Meg McCaffrey set me straight. “You smell,” she said. “You look like you’ve just been mugged.” “I have just been mugged. Also enslaved by a small child.” “It’s not slavery.” She chewed off a piece of her thumb cuticle and spit it out. “It’s more like mutual cooperation.” “Mutual in the sense that you give orders and I am forced to cooperate?” “Yep.” She stopped in front of a storefront window. “See? You look gross.” My reflection stared back at me, except it was not my reflection. It couldn’t”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle