Quotes from The Hidden Oracle

“Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?"

He shrugged. "Technically, yes. But if I sit alone at my table, strange things happen. Cracks open in the floor. Zombies crawl out and start roaming around. It's a mood disorder. I can't control it. That's what I told Chiron. "

"And is it true?" I asked.

Nico smiled thinly. "I have a note from my doctor."

Will raised his hand. "I'm his doctor.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Will put his hand on Nico's shoulder. "Nico, we need o have another talk about your people skills."
"Hey, I'm just stating the obvious. If this is Apollo, and he dies, we're all in trouble."
Will turned to me. "I apologize for my boyfriend."
Nico rolled his eyes. "Could you not―"
"Would you prefer special guy?" Will asked. "Or significant other?"
"Significant annoyance, in your case," Nico grumbled”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Yep, that pretty much describes my life: because Poseidon.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Things can turn out differently, Apollo. That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“He faced us. “You hear that, guys? A batch of cookies is depending on me. If you get me killed on the way to camp, I am going be ticked off.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Not all monsters were three-ton reptiles with poisonous breath. Many wore human faces.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“The the glow become brighter: a holographic golden sickle with a few sheaves of wheat, rotating just above Meg McCaffrey.
A boy in the crowd gasped. 'She's a communist!'
A girl who'd been sitting at Cabin Four's table gave him a disgusted sneer. 'No, Damien, that's my mom's symbol.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Some of the best demigods have gotten their start by blowing up toilets.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Want to hit Leo?
That is understandable
Hunk muffin earned it”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“At this point, you may be wondering how I felt seeing my son with Nico di Angelo. I’ll admit I did not understand Will’s attraction to a child of Hades, but if the dark foreboding type was what made Will happy…
Oh perhaps some of you are wondering how I felt seeing him with a boyfriend rather than a girlfriend. If that’s the case, please. We gods are not hung up about such things.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Nico,” I said at last, “shouldn’t you be sitting at the Hades table?”

He shrugged. “Technically, yes. But if I sit alone at my table, strange things happen. Cracks open in the floor. Zombies crawl out and start roaming around. It’s a mood disorder. I can’t control it. That’s what I told Chiron.”

“And is it true?” I asked.

Nico smiled thinly. “I have a note from my doctor.”

Will raised his hand. “I’m his doctor.”

“Chiron decided it wasn’t worth arguing about,” Nico said. “As long as I sit at a table with other people, like…oh, these guys for instance…the zombies stay away. Everybody’s happier.”

Will nodded serenely. “It’s the strangest thing. Not that Nico would ever misuse his powers to get what he wants.”

“Of course not,” Nico agreed.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Zeus needed someone to blame, so of course he’d picked the handsomest, most talented, most popular god in the pantheon: me.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“I see you like to study,” I said. “Well done.”

Percy snorted. “I hate to study. I’ve been guaranteed admission with a full scholarship to New Rome University, but they’re still requiring me to pass all my high school courses and score well on the SAT. Can you believe that? Not to mention I have to pass the DSTOMP.”

“The what?” Meg asked.

“An exam for Roman demigods,” I told her. “The Demigod Standard Test of Mad Powers.”

Percy frowned. “That’s what it stands for?”

“I should know. I wrote the music and poetry analysis sections.”

“I will never forgive you for that,” Percy said.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“It warmed my heart that my children had the right priorities: their skills, their images, their views on YouTube.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Nosoi?” Percy planted his feet in a fighting stance. “You know, I keep thinking, I have now killed every single thing in Greek mythology. But the list never seems to end.”

“You haven’t killed me yet,” I noted.

“Don’t tempt me.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“This did not seem to reassure Nico.

“I don’t like being in the dark,” he muttered.

An odd complaint for a child of Hades, but I understood what he meant.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Check your spam folder
The prophecies might be there
No? Well, I'm stumped. Bye”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Will Solace sighed. He was, of course, tied to Nico. He propped his elbow on Nico’s shoulder as if the son of Hades were a convenient shelf.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Defeating one ant had taken all my energy. (I don’t think I have ever written a sadder sentence than that.)”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Used to be goddy Now uptown feeling shoddy Bah, haiku don’t rhyme”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“You’re gonna be like Aquaman?” she asked. “Get the fish to fight for you?”

“Thanks,” Percy said. “I haven’t heard enough Aquaman jokes for one lifetime.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“I wondered if I should start a small fire in Percy Jackson's sink, perhaps burn some bandages in thanks, but I decided that might strain that Jackson's hospitality.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Sacred Sibyl!” I cried. “Madam, there is something wrong with your midsection!”

The woman stopped, mystified, and looked down at her hugely swollen belly. “Well, I’m seven months pregnant.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Showers are good. Perhaps not as good as bacon, but good.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Will put his hand on Nico's shoulder. 'Nico, we need to have another talk about your people skills.'
'Hey, I'm just stating the obvious. If this is Apollo, and he dies, we're all in trouble.'
Will turned to me. 'I apologize for my boyfriend.'
Nico rolled his eyes. 'Could you not―'
'Would you prefer special guy?' Will asked. 'Or significant other?'
'Significant annoyance, in your case,' Nico grumbled.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“It always disappointed me when mortals put themselves first and failed to see the big picture—the importance of putting me first”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“No doubt she was thinking, Who dressed this poor girl like a traffic light?”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“Of course, even without my help, other forces would keep the cosmos chugging along. Many different belief systems powered the revolution of the planets and stars. Wolves would still chase Sol across the sky. Ra would continue his daily journey in his sun barque. Tonatiuh would keep running on his surplus blood from human sacrifices back in the Aztec days. And that other thing—science— would still generate gravity and quantum physics or whatever.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

“You’ve got to be kid— Well, crud, what just happened there? I ran out of syl—”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Hidden Oracle

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