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It’s my birthday, Horus insisted. Wish me happy birthday! “Happy birthday!” I yelled. “Now shut up!
Don't decide yet," Hephaestus advised. "Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
Kids are baby goats. They're cute and they have redeeming social value. You are definitely not kids.
It's natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.
Annabeth sat up and glared at her ankle. "You HAD to break," she scolded it. The ankle did not reply.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.
It was almost enough to make me turn vegetarian, except for the pesky fact that I loved cheeseburgers.
Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.
I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.
Well . . . sure good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror. Oh, look. It's our floor.
Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
Good job on Percy Jackson I read all of them 8 times and have listened 42 times and still not bored Thanks.
On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.
It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population.
You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.
I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.
Grand buildings made her feel better--maybe because being in a place so permanent made her feel more permanent.
Bessie?” I looked down at the bull serpent. “But… he’s too cute. He couldn’t destroy the world.” -Percy Jackson
It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? You're so lucky!
I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.
You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.
I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush.
Chiron probably wanted me to say, Heck it wa nothing. I eat hellhounds for breakfast. But I didn't feel like lying.
Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
Traitor!" Hera shouted. "You meddlesome, D-list goddess! You aren't worthy to pour my wine, much less rule the world.
Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!
Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.
Plus, humor ws a good way to hide the pain. And if that didn't work, there was always Plan B. Run aaway. Over and over.
I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in Ancient Egypt.
A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.
It seems like just yesterday my son was hiding under the table to avoid reading. Now, he's writing books longer than mine!
My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.
i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.
But who are you?" Percy—" I started to say. Then the skeletons turned around. "Gotta go!" What kind of name is Percy Gotta-go?
Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right? Annabeth: Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see.
Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater.
Leo had wanted to paint a giant message on the bottom of the hull-WASSUP? with a smiley-face-but Annabeth had vetoed the idea.
Hold up." Leo stepped forward, wagging his Wii controller. "Did you just call my a ship a monstrosity? I KNOW you didn't that.
Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
Once he'd even reprogrammed the electronic billboards in Time Square to read: ALL DA LADIES LUV LEO... accidentally, of course.
I must admit I’m impressed, Sadie. You controlled your magic and controlled Isis. And you, Carter, did well turning into a lizard.
No more Lastrygonians.” Ella fluttered down and landed next to them. “Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction, yep.
All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.
I love teaching. I love working with kids... maybe some day I'll go back to the classroom. I'm not ready to say it'll never happen.
Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. “Leave it to us, Uncle. I’ve got a plan.” “That,” I said, “sounds like very bad news.
Hephaestus glowered up at us. “I didn’t make you, did I?” Uh,” Annabeth said, “no, sir.” Good,” the god grumbled. “Shoddy workmanship.
I tried very hard. But I can't help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.
For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.