The Hidden Oracle Quotes

“No doubt she was thinking, Who dressed this poor girl like a traffic light?”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I rested my hand on Will's shoulder. 'Don't worry. We'll be back by dawn.'
His mouth trembled ever so slightly. 'How can you be sure?'
'I'm the sun god,' I said, trying to muster more confidence than I felt. 'I always return at dawn.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“APOLLO'S DAILY MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH

"You are gorgeous and people love you!”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“And the seventh hero…Leo Valdez?”

Nico raised his eyebrows. “You remember his name?”

“Of course! He invented the Valdezinator. Oh, what a musical instrument! I barely had time to master its major scales before Zeus zapped me at the Parthenon. If anyone could help me, it would be Leo Valdez.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Had I ever been so terrified? Perhaps when Typhon raged across the earth, scattering the gods before him. Perhaps when Gaea unleashed her giants to tear down Olympus. Or perhaps when I accidentally saw Ares naked in the gymnasium. That had been enough to turn my hair white for a century.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Caves of blue.
Strike the hue.
Westward, burning.
Pages turning.
Indiana.
Ripe banana.
Happiness approaches.
Serpents and roaches.

There once was a god named Apollo
Who plunged in a cave blue and hollow
Upon a three-seater
The bronze fire-eater
Was forced death and madness to swallow”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Of course, even without my help, other forces would keep the cosmos chugging along. Many different belief systems powered the revolution of the planets and stars. Wolves would still chase Sol across the sky. Ra would continue his daily journey in his sun barque. Tonatiuh would keep running on his surplus blood from human sacrifices back in the Aztec days. And that other thing—science— would still generate gravity and quantum physics or whatever.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“In the meantime, no one should roam the camp alone. Use the buddy system."
"Understood." Will looked at Nico. "Will you be my buddy?"
"You're a dork," Nico announced.
The two of them strolled off bickering.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“You’ve got to be kid— Well, crud, what just happened there? I ran out of syl—”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I’ll be back with the sandwiches,” she said. “But I had some leftover seven-layer dip.”

“Yum.” Percy dug in with a tortilla chip. “She’s kinda famous for this, guys.”

Sally ruffled his hair. “There’s guacamole, sour cream, refried beans, salsa—”

“Seven layers?” I looked up in wonder. “You knew seven is my sacred number? You invented this for me?”

Sally wiped her hands on her apron. “Well, actually, I can’t take credit—”

“You are too modest!” I tried some of the dip. It tasted almost as good as ambrosia nachos. “You will have immortal fame for this, Sally Jackson!”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Gods know about fading. They know about being forgotten over centuries. The idea of ceasing to exist altogether terrifies us. In fact- well, Zeus would not like me sharing this information, and if you tell anyone, I will deny I ever said it-but the truth is we gods are a little in awe of you mortals. You spend your whole lives knowing you will die. No matter how many friends and relatives you have, your puny existences will quickly be forgotten. How do you cope with it? Why are you not running around constantly screaming and pulling your hair out? Your bravery, I must admit, is quite admirable.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“My father, Zeus, did not love me. The demigods at Camp Half-Blood did not love me. Python and the Beast and his comrades at Triumvirate Holdings did not love me. It was almost enough to make me question my self-worth.

No, no. That was crazy talk.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I've found that when one us searching for danger, it's never hard to find.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“This brings to mind an expression I coined ages ago: A peach a day keeps the plague spirits away!'
Percy sneezed. 'I though it was apples and doctors.'
The karpos hissed.
'Or peaches,' Percy said. 'Peaches work too.'
'Peaches,' agrees the karpos.
Percy wiped his nose. 'Not criticizing, but why is her grooting?”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“My son Asclepius had become the god of medicine by the time he was fifteen, and I couldn’t have been happier for him. It left me time for my other interests. Besides, it’s every god’s dream to have a child who grows up to be a doctor.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“They have gone missing?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, et cetera”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Let's have a good clean three-legged death race.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Meg looked at me with something resembling respect. “What did you do to them?”

“Nothing,” I said. “Half the trick to being a god is knowing how to bluff.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“...all assumed he died too.' (leo)

'Beause he did,' NIco said.

'Then a few days later,' Will continued, 'his scroll came fluttering into camp on the wind...'

'I still have it.' Nico rummaged through the pockets of his bomber jacket. 'I look at it whenever I want to get angry.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“After you reach the number impossible, there's no point in counting.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“I often got sword fighting and tennis confused.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“My bus is in flames My son is older than me Please, Zeus, make it stop”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“But Percy Jackson has always been reliable. You have nothing to fear. Besides, he likes me. I taught him everything he knows.”

She frowned. “You did?”

I found her innocence somewhat charming. So many obvious things she did not know. “Of course. Now let’s go up.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Want to hit Leo?”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“A father should do more - a father should give more to his children than he takes.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“You do understand that I must find a way to return to Olympus,” I said. “This will probably involve many harrowing trials with a high chance of death. Can you turn down such glory?”

“Yeah, I’m pretty sure I can. Sorry.”

I pursed my lips. It always disappointed me when mortals put themselves first and failed to see the big picture—the importance of putting me first—but I had to remind myself that this young man had helped me out on many previous occasions”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Oh, why had the Labyrinth brought me here?

As soon as I thought this, I chided myself: Of course it would bring me where I least wanted to be. Austin had been wrong about the maze. It was still evil, designed to kill. It was just a little subtler about its homicides now.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Chiron said the word assist as if meant slap upside the head with extreme prejudice.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Judging from her wide eyes, I guessed the answer was, No, and does hallucinations run in the family?”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Your art…” I gaped at the field of white. “There was a lovely portrait of me—right there.”

I get offended whenever art is damaged, especially if that art features me.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle