The Lightning Thief Quotes

“Sir, I...I can't fail in my duties again." Grover's voice was choked with emotion. "You know what that would mean."
"You haven't failed, Grover," Mr. Brunner said kindly.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“That's the only way to know for sure: your father has to send you a sign claiming you as his son. Sometimes it happens.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“All I could think of was that the teachers must’ve found the illegal stash of candy I’d been selling out of my dorm room. Or maybe they’d realized I got my essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade. Or worse, they were going to make me read the book.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“This boy needed a double cheeseburger.
-Percy Jackson”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“the real world is where the monsters are. That’s where you learn whether you’re any good or not”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“That was for Uncle Ferdinand!”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I could almost believe the gods could live off that smoke.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Hades sent a minion to steal the master bolt.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Look, I didnt want to be a half-blood.
If you're reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe whatever lie your mom and dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life.

Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful nasty ways.

If you're a normal kid, reading this because you think it's fiction, great. Read on. I envy you for being able to believe none of this ever happened.

But if you recognize yourself in these pages-if you feel something stirring inside- stop reading immediately. You might be one of us. And once you know that, it's only a matter of time before THEY sense it too, and they'll come for you.

Don't say I didn't warn you.”
― Rick Riordan , The Lightning Thief

“Brave to the point of indigestion.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Even the Lord of Death pays his debts.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Grover and I had to dive behind feed sacks and hope we looked like turnips.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I am sorry you were born, child. I have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. It is never anything but tragic.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“You will see things just as they are, being a half-blood, but humans will interpret things quite differently. Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“A little girl said, 'Mama! That boy walked out of the river.'
'That's nice, dear,' her mother said, craning her neck to watch the ambulances.
'But he's dry!'
'That's nice, dear.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I don't know what my mom will do. I just know I'll fight next to you.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“When she looks at me, it‘s like she‘s seeing all the good things about me, none of the bad.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief