Quotes by Rick Riordan

About Rick Riordan:

Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. is an American author known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which is about a twelve-year-old who discovers he is the son of Poseidon. His books have been translated into 37 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Twentieth Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.
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The dead aren't scary. They are just sad.

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My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that.

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Where his eyes should’ve been, there was only fire, empty sockets glowing with miniature nuclear explosions.

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They were startling gray, like storm clouds; pretty, but intimidating, too, as if she were analyzing the best way to take me down in a fight.

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Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.

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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

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I have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. It is never anything but tragic.

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why can't you place a blessing like that on us," I asked. "It only works on wild animals," "So it would only affect Percy," Annabeth reasoned.

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Taken together, it’s almost a sure sign. The letters float off the page when you read, right? That’s because your mind is hardwired for ancient Greek. And the ADHD-you’re impulsive, can’t sit still in the classroom. That’s your battlefield ...

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I don’t belong here,” I said. “I don’t even believe in gods.” “Yeah,” he said. “That’s how we all started. Once you start believing in them? It doesn’t get any easier.

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Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen to opera music.

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It's useless to lecture a human.

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Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality.

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It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

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Humans see what they want to see.

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I said hello to the poodle.

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Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

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Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair flattened and you could just see the tips of his horns. His bright orange backpack was full of scrap metal and apples to ...

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Right," she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative.

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Mr. D," Grover asked timidly, "if you're not going to eat it, could I have your Diet Coke can?

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You may choose to believe or not, but the fact is that immortal means immortal. Can you imagine that for a moment, never dying? Never fading? Existing, just as you are, for all time?

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Author Bio

  • NameRick Riordan
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJune 5, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Teacher
  • WorksPercy Jackson The Sea Of Monsters; The Kane Chronicles; The Heroes Of Olympus; The Maze Of Bones
  • AwardsEdgar Award