Rick Riordan

“Does truth have a moral?”

“The real world is where the monsters are.”

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

“Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?”

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

“If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”

“The sea does not like to be restrained. ”

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

“Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.”

“It's useless to lecture a human.”

“Humans see what they want to see.”

“Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.”

“The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.”

“Suspecting and knowing are not the same.”

“Names have power.”

“I said hello to the poodle.”

“You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?""Not even a little bit." I showed him that I still had both arms and both legs, and Tyson clapped happily."Yay!" he said. "Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM!"I hoped he didn't mean all at the same time, but I told him absolutely, we'd have a lot of fun this summer.”

“In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day.”

“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”

“She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.”

“It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.”

“Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.”