Rick Riordan Zitate

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„Laufen? Auch kein Erfolg. Die Waldnymphen, die mich unterrichten sollten, sausten mir sofort davon. Sie meinten, ich solle mir darüber nicht den Kopf zerbrechen. Sie hätten Jahrhunderte Übung darin, vor liebeskranken Göttern wegzurennen. Aber trotzdem fand ich es ein wenig demütigend, langsamer zu sein als ein Baum.“

„Man sollte meinen, in eine Million Stücke zerhackt und in den finstersten Teil der Unterwelt geworfen zu werden, wäre eine klare Andeutung, dass er anderswo nicht willkommen war.“

„Er sah aus wie ein fieses männliches Model, das vorführt, was der modebewusste Schurke im Collegealter dieses Semester auf dem Campus trug.“

„John Green.“

“Annabeth finished her note and folded the napkin. On the outside, she wrote: Connor, Give this to Rachel. Not a prank. Don’t be a moron. Love, Annabeth”

“Monsters don't die. They just dissipate into smoke and dust, which saves heroes a lot of trouble cleaning up after a fight.”

“You are one freaking awesome baboon.”

“Percy yelled. "What's going- Gah! Shrimpzilla!”

“Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like…. little person, or vertically challenged, or-"
"I'm not going to call myself the god of vertically challenged people," Bes grumbled. "I'm a dwarf!”

“There's my baby!" I cried, quite carried away, "There's my poochiekins!"
…
"Sadie," My dad said firmly, "Please do not refer to the devourer of souls as 'poochiekins'.”

“Note to self: If you’re trying not to have kids, don’t marry a lady who is the Titan of motherhood.”

“It was the heaviest thing I'd ever felt, as if I were being crushed under a thousand trucks. I wanted to black out from the pain, but I breathed deeply.”

“Texting, even browsing the Internet - all these things can attract monsters.”

“I plucked a ruby off the nearest plant and threw it at Hades.”

“Look, lady, we're not going to go all HUNGER GAMES on each other. Isn't going to happen.”

“Piper: it looks like we have hole. Percy: Yeah we've got a dam hole! (LOL-ing) Piper: What! Percy: Inside joke. (still LOL-ing) Piper: Whatever.”

“Sadie Kane here. If you're listening to this, congratulations, you survived doomsday.”

“Just my luck, on top of everything else I had to take baboon medicine.”

“may the gods be with you”

“Hey, for a scythe, cookies, and a chance to commit murder, Kronos could hide his true feelings.”

“Percy hefted a bronze grenade. ‘I hope you labelled these right.’
He yelled, ‘Die, Romans!’ and lobbed the grenade over the wall.”

“The House is in the house”

“What’s the point of being a magician if you can’t wave your wand and make the people you care about feel better?”

“The farm god rolled his eyes. He pointed at the corn plant, and BAM! Nico di Angelo appeared in an exposion of corn silk. Nico looked around in panic. "I-I had the weirdest nightmare about popcorn.”

“I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if I were on the verge of death-plankton maybe."
-Percy Jackson”

“But she laced her fingers through mine. I remember what she’d told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought-just maybe-we were off to a good start.”

“I have a doctor's note.”

“You hit the Lord of The Titans with a blue plastic hairbrush.”

“I got ready for bed and crawled in. The covers were comfortable and warm, but the pillow was just too weird. It gave me neck cramps, so I put it on the floor and went to sleep without it.
My first big mistake.”

“What's the best part about writing a book?
Finishing it.”

“Now fight me! For today thee House of Hades will be called the saviors of Olympus.”

“Now, I figured that the built-up gas in most boys' locker rooms was enough to cause an explosion, so I wasn't surprised when the flaming dodgeball ignited a huge WHOOOOOOOM!”

“Mini-Hedge would stomp around on Buford’s top, randomly saying things like “CUT THAT OUT!” “I’M GONNA KILL YOU!” and the ever-popular “PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!”