9 From the Nine Worlds Quotes

“AWWW, YOU two are so cute together it makes me sick. So I’m going back to my own room.”
I’m not sure Mallory and Halfborn even heard me when I left, they were lip-locking so hard. Seeing them like that almost made me miss Magnus. Almost.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“He thrust his hand in the air and summoned his sword of pure white flame. The gods and goddesses cowered. Throwing his head back and laughing, Surt grew to his full giant size. “You minor, forgotten, pathetic deities! So easy to bend to my will. Not one of you would dare to defy me!”
I chose that moment to shape-shift into a bee, buzz up Surt’s teeny-tiny nose, and jab him with my stinger.
With a howl of pain, Surt dropped his sword and shrank to his previous size. I changed into my true form.
“I dare.”
I whipped one end of my golden garrote around his neck and yanked it tight. Then I snatched up his flame sword and with one upward flick, sliced off his pubescent nose. “Jack and Magnus send their regards.”
Surt lunged for me. I transformed into a bighorn sheep and head-butted him right where his nose used to be. Then I changed back to human, tightened the garrote until his eyes bulged, and threatened him with his own sword. “Come at me again,” I warned, “and you’ll regret it.”
I surveyed the stunned deities. “If one einherji can do this, imagine what all of us can do. And will do, come Ragnarok. We are not destined to win, but we will fight with honor. We would welcome you on our side of the fight. But, if you must side with him”—I gave the garrote a vicious tug and was rewarded with a gurgle from Surt—“know this: I will personally hunt you down on the Last Battlefield of Vigridr and see that you are sent straight to Ginnungagap. The choice is yours.”
The deities vanished.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“The fact that he used a bullhorn to communicate with a deaf person should tell you something about him.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“What tipped you off—about Stan, I mean?” I asked.
“Couple of things,” Alex replied. “He referred to Blitzen as the dwarf and claimed you hadn’t been in. Knowing how terrified you are of Sam—”
“I am not!”
“—I thought it was unlikely you’d skipped the shopping spree. So, I tested his story and called your phone. When I heard my ringtone, I knew he was lying about you being here. But the biggest clue? He refused to sell me anything. I mean, come on.” He gestured to his pink cashmere sweater vest and tight lime-green pants. “A real clothing salesman would have seen dollar signs the minute I walked into the store.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“Amir? Blitzen? Anybody?” a voice asked. “Jeez, I could rob this place blind and no one would know it.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“My Einherjar have a saying: Some days you are the axe, some days you are the decapitated head. I like it so much, I'm having T-shirts made for the Hotel Valhalla gift shop.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“Wisdom can be gleaned from any source if only one looks hard enough.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“I just heard a rumor via the underground weapon network that Surt, the fire lord of Muspellheim, is hatching a new nefarious plot!”
“Oh my gods!” I cried. “There’s an underground weapon network?”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“Asgard. Midgard. Nidavellir. Alfheim. Jotunheim. Helheim. Niflheim. Vanaheim. Muspellheim. Trekking through the Nine Worlds to rack up ten million steps wasn’t easy. The chafing and blisters alone nearly ended my quest to earn a cameo on my favourite Midgard television show. But I’d do it all over again if I had to. Which, apparently, I will have to, because I forgot to turn on my FitnessKnut.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

“He whizzed by me in a blur, clinging to the wheelchair’s armrests as if his life depended on it. Which perhaps it did, as he seemed out of control. Correction: He was most definitely out of control.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“Oh, Amir.” She smiled sweetly and leaned in close, making my heart thump. “If you ever wear that again,” she whispered, “I’ll skin you alive.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“Amir, you look hideous.” My fiancée, Samirah al-Abbas, stared at my outfit in horrified disbelief.
“Really?” I looked down at myself. “But it’s a tux!”
“A baby-blue tux!”
“With a matching ruffled shirt and floppy bow tie,” I said defensively. “My uncle loaned it to me. I think it’ll impress your grandparents, don’t you?”
“It’s Jid and Bibi’s fiftieth wedding anniversary!” Sam sputtered. “You can’t wear—”
“Samirah.” My father emerged from the kitchen. “He is pulling your leg.”
Sam’s reddish-brown eyes blazed dangerously, and I suddenly realized that playing a practical joke on a Valkyrie might not be the best idea I ever had.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“I still think I rocked that blue tux,” I told her as we bagged my purchases.
“Oh, Amir.” She smiled sweetly and leaned in close, making my heart thump. “If you ever wear that again,” she whispered, “I’ll skin you alive.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“It’s just … hearing swear words come out of thin air like that cracks me up every time.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

“For the entire wrought-iron gate, not just the lock, liquefied into a puddle of molten metal. Whoops. My bad.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“Some days you are the ax, some days you are the decapitated head.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“Sam stood in the middle of the store. With a spear of brilliant light in hand and wearing a suit of chain mail with a helmet over her green hijab, she looked drop-dead dangerous. If our religion didn’t forbid it, I would have kissed her.
“Let him go.” Sam’s voice radiated Valkyrie power. “Amir belongs to me.”
My heart swelled with pride. I felt like we could take on the whole world together, and—
“Not anymore,” Stan snarled. “As long as he wears the nábrók, he is bound to me.”
Oh.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“I scooped up the coins from the floor. “I’m taking these for the Chase Space,” I told Alex, referring to our friend Magnus’s shelter for homeless children. “Anonymous donation for the kiddos.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“A video screen descended from the spear-enhanced ceiling and locked into place. He pushed another button. Images of wolves, giants, gods, and weapons flashed across the screen. Then a title: The Signs of Ragnarok: Doomed if You Know Them, Doomed if You Don’t.
I groaned inwardly. I’d sat through Odin’s instructional video when I first became a Valkyrie. I saw it a second time after I helped re-shackle the dreaded killer Fenris Wolf on Lyngvi, the Isle of Heather. Then once more after I’d inadvertently aided my father Loki, a vile trickster, to escape his imprisonment. And after Loki was recaptured? Yep—got to see it again.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“South Africa”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

“Oh my gods!" I cried. "There's an underground weapon network?"
"Of course there is!" Jack retorted. "Think about it. What's the one thing all the Nine Worlds have in common?"
"Thor's footprints and lingering fart stench?"
"Well ... yes. But the answer I was looking for is weapons.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds

“I still think I rocked that blue tux,” I told her as we bagged my purchases. “Oh, Amir.” She smiled sweetly and leaned in close, making my heart thump. “If you ever wear that again,” she whispered, “I’ll skin you alive.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“kissy sounds. I nearly unleashed a heavy dose of berserk on him. Instead, I said, “There is one plant I admire. The Venus flytrap.” Miles nodded enthusiastically. “Interesting! Why that one, exactly?” I turned on him. “Because it attacks its prey and then slowly and painfully consumes it.” That shut him up.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“Thor was letting out farts like a sputtering engine. A cloud of noxious fumes enveloped me. “Gods of Asgard!” I waved a hand in front of my face. “What crawled up inside him and died?”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“I am Eggther, Protector of the egg. If you dare come near me, I will break your leg.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“Hi, Thor, I signed. Nice shorts. Thor stopped and pointed at his earbuds. “Sorry, I’m listening to rock! Maybe you should use the bullhorn.” Or I could just sign louder.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“Siersgrunnr means Cheesebutt. You try lip-reading that and not laughing.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“I still think I rocked that blue tux,” I told her as we bagged my purchases.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“Erik,” I observed, “your daughter is literally ancient.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 from the Nine Worlds

“Tell the thanes to bring candidates to the Thing Room in one hour. I'll be scanning the Nine Worlds from Hlidskjalf if you need me. And, Hunding?"
"Yes, Lord Odin?"
"Don't need me.”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds