“I wake up every morning and think: You know what would be good today? Not dying.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“So Aphrodite married Hephaestus and the celebrity ship Aphrophaestus completely dominated Olympian tabloid news for like a thousand years. Did they live happily ever after? HAHAHAHAHA. No.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“He was also the god of (take a deep breath) commerce, languages, thievery, cheeseburgers, trickery, eloquent speaking, feasts, cheeseburgers, hospitality, guard dogs, birds of omen, gymnastics, athletic competitions, cheeseburgers, cheeseburgers and telling fortunes with dice. Okay, I just tossed in the cheeseburgers to see if you were paying attention. Also, I’m hungry.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Hermes played a little Mozart and some One Direction, and Apollo cried, ‘I must have it! The girls will go wild for that!”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“I mean, five gods in one stomach—dang. That's enough for doubles tennis, including a ref. They'd been down there so long, they were probably hoping Kronos would swallow down a deck of cards or a Monopoly game.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“In the beginning. I wasn't there.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“You're already married!" Hera protested. "To me!"
"Curses!" said Zeus. "Er, I mean, of course, dear.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Hey girl," he said, wiggling his eyebrows. "You must be the riptide, 'cause you sweep me off my feet."
He'd be practicing that pickup line for years. He was glad he finally got yo use it.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Also, Ares developed a serious fear of jars. I think I'm going to get him a nice one for Christmas.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“If I ever become a king, I’m totally going to ask him for an army of giant golden acid-spitting llamas. Okay, sorry. I got distracted again.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“My favorite son!" Gaea cried. "You are awesome! I knew I could count on you, uh... which one are you again?”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“G.I. Joe boxers!’ Apollo screamed. ‘OH—oh, I can’t even... HAHAHAHAHA!’ ‘Aphrodite,’ Athena giggled. ‘You look simply lovely.’ The gods couldn't stop laughing. Soon they were rolling on the floor, wiping tears from their eyes, taking photos with their phones to post on Tumblr.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Kronos became the Titan of time. He couldn’t pop around the time stream like Doctor Who or anything, but he could occasionally make time slow down or speed up. Whenever you’re in an incredibly boring lecture that seems to take forever, blame Kronos. Or when your weekend is way too short, that’s Kronos’s fault, too.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Incoming!" yelled Poseidon.
They shifted-as much as they could in the cramped space-and Rocky landed in their midst.
"This is not a baby," Hades noticed "I think it's a rock."
He was observant that way.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Excuse me, have you seen Death? Big guy with black feathery wings? Likes to reap souls?”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Theophane gave birth to a magical ram named Krysomallos, who for some reason had wool made of gold. Eventually, Krysomallos would be skinned for his fleece, which became known as the Golden Fleece, which means I am related to a sheepskin rug.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Behold, my children!" she said. "The instrument of my revenge. I will call it a scythe!"
The Titans muttered among themselves: What is that for? Why is it curved? How do you spell scythe?”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“If Aphrodite is angry, she might make you fall in love with a toy poodle, or a telephone pole.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Hades took off his helm. His complexion was even paler than usual. He had a bad case of helmet hair. He was sweating and nervous and blinking like he had something in his eyes. "I am Hades," he said in a squeaky voice. "I love you.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Me, I’m late to meet my girlfriend. Annabeth is going to kill me.
Hope you enjoyed the stories. Stay safe out there, demigods.
Peace from Manhattan,
Percy Jackson”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Gaea snarled in frustration. "Don't be cowards! It's very simple. You take this sharp pointy blade and you cut your dad into small pieces so he can't bother us again. Whichever of you does this will be the ruler of the universe! Also, I will make you those cookies you used to like, with the sprinkles.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Did they live happily ever after?
HAHAHAHAHA. No.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“You can't swing a cat in Ancient Greece without hitting one of Zeus's ex-girlfriends.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“You’ve probably met moms like that. You say, “Yeah, I scored a goal in the soccer game last night.” And she says, “Oh, that’s nice. All fourteen of my children are the captains of their teams, and they make straight A’s and can play the violin.” And you just want to smack her.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“He was proud of his "hometown" goddess, even if he hadn't found his one true pairing (OTP) yet.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Maybe the lesson is: Know when to brag and when to keep your mouth shut. Or: Sometimes life isn’t fair, even if you are as gifted as Athena. Or maybe: Don’t give away free tapestries.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Ah, but I’m wise ,” Athena said. “Wise enough to make you do it instead.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Note to self: If you’re trying not to have kids, don’t marry a lady who is the Titan of motherhood.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Hey, for a scythe, cookies, and a chance to commit murder, Kronos could hide his true feelings.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“ZEUS SUX and TYPHOEUS WUZ HERE.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
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“I was happy in the dream; but when I woke up it was with a feeling that I was falling apart, that I was cracking up from the inside and slowly falling to pieces. My heart was jumping and grating like a cold engine that doesn't want to start. My skin was crawling, and I couldn't manage a single clear thought. It was as if all my thoughts were crushed to bits just as they began to take shape. I didn't get much done that day.”
― Ninni Holmqvist, quote from The Unit
“There is a class of tourists who never seem to see the things they're visiting, I thought. They prefer to look at directions to the next place they're not going to look at.”
― Stephen Clarke, quote from A Year in the Merde
“They never lost their way or seemed even momentarily uncertain of their location. They traveled narrow paths cut through tuckamore and bog or took shortcuts along the shoreline, chancing the unpredictable sea ice. Every hill and pond and stand of trees, every meadow and droke for miles was named and catalogued in their heads. At night they navigated by the moon and stars or by counting outcrops and valleys or by the smell of spruce and salt water and wood smoke. It seemed to Newman they had an additional sense lost to modern men for lack of use.”
― Michael Crummey, quote from Galore
“The veil deliberately marks women as private and restricted property, nonpersons. The veil sets women apart from men and apart from the world; it restrains them, confines them, grooms them for docility. A mind can be cramped just as a body may be, and a Muslim veil blinkers both your vision and your destiny. It is the mark of a kind of apartheid, not the domination of a race but of a sex.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, quote from Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations
“The lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power!’ John is here saying, not as an inscrutable paradox but as a meaningful affirmation, that the cross and not the sword, suffering and not brute power determines the meaning of history. The key to the obedience of God’s people is not their effectiveness but their patience (Rev 13:10). The triumph of the right is assured not by the might that comes to the aid of the right, which is of course the justification of the use of violence and other kinds of power in every human conflict. The triumph of the right, although it is assured, is sure because of the power of the resurrection and not because of any calculation of causes and effects, nor because of the inherently greater strength of the good guys. The relationship between the obedience of God’s people and the triumph of God’s cause is not a relationship of cause an effect but one of cross and resurrection.”
― John Howard Yoder, quote from The Politics of Jesus
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