Top 500 Rick Riordan Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.”

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202. “Gods forbid if she ever broke up with him. She’d never be able to visit the sea again without remembering her broken heart. Annabeth about Percy.”

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203. “Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You’re gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen.”

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204. “Perseus, you are not the hero.”

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205. “A person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.”

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206. “We only came close to dying six or seven times which I thought was pretty good. A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately that something was my face.”

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207. “Number eight, the silver one, belongs to Artemis. She vowed to be a maiden forever. So of course, no kids. The cabin is, you know, honorary. If she didn’t have one, she’d be mad.”

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208. “Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.”

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209. “I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher.”

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210. “The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.”

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211. “She’d secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she’d fallen for him hard.”

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213. “If You Understand What Happens in This Chapter, Please Tell Me, Because I Have No Clue.”

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214. “Akhlys lunged at Percy, and for a split second he thought: Well, hey, I’m just smoke. She can’t touch me, right? He imagined the Fates up in Olympus, laughing at his wishful thinking: LOL, NOOB!”

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215. “For the rest of my life I would always be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest what if. -Perseus Jackson.”

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216. “Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I’m wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.”

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217. “Leo and Calypso’s Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters.” “Fresh fruits and vegetables,” Calypso offered. “Cider and stew,” Leo added. “We could even provide entertainment. You could sing and I could, like, randomly burst into flames.” Calypso laughed – a clear, happy sound that made Leo’s heart go ka-bump. “See,” he said, “I’m funny.” She managed to kill her smile. “You are not funny. Now, get back to work, or no cider and stew.” “Yes, ma’am,” he said.”

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218. “My people were the original Athenians – the gemini.” “Like your zodiac sign?” Percy asked. “I’m a Leo.” “No, stupid,” Leo said. “I’m a Leo. You’re a Percy.”

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219. “The people who deserved to die took forever to do so. Those who deserved to live always went too soon.”

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220. “Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.”

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221. “I am never, ever, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.”

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222. “My name is Carter Kane. I’m fourteen and my home is a suitcase.”

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223. “That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can fly.”

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224. “Down in the water, Octavian yelled, “Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!” “Tempting,” Percy called down.”

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225. “Once I got over the fact that my Latin teacher was a horse, we had a nice tour, though I was careful not to walk behind him. I’d done pooper-scooper patrol in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade a few times, and, I’m sorry, I did not trust Chiron’s back the the way I trusted his front.”

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226. “And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.”

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227. “Percy was getting tired of water. If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Poseidon’s Junior Sea Scouts, but he didn’t care.”

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228. “Carter Kane, 14, died tragically in Paris when he was eaten by his sister’s cat Muffin.”

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229. “They had a silent staring contest, but Percy didn’t back down. When he and Annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it into his head: It’s good manners to walk your date to the door. If that was true, it had to be good manners to walk her to the start of her epic solo death quest.”

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230. “What’s the best part of being in Hermes cabin? Connor: You are never lonely. I mean seriously, new kids are always coming in. So you always have someone to talk to. Travis: Or prank. Connor: Or pickpocket. One big happy family.”

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231. “Genius does not excuse evil.”

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232. “If you were a god, how would you like being called a myth, an old story to explain lightning? What if I told you, Perseus Jackson, that someday people would call you a myth, just created to explain how little boys can get over losing their mothers?”

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233. “I was pretty sure if I tried to sing, all I would cause was an avalanche.”

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234. “To foreswear romantic love forever. To never grow up, never get married. To be maiden eternally.”

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235. “What if we promoted, like, Adidas shoes?” Percy wondered. “Would that make Nike mad enough to show up?”

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236. “As long as we’re together.”

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237. “My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until they’re dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary. It worked against Set.”

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238. “Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. “I’m glad you’re not a guinea pig.” “Me, too.” I hoped my face wasn’t as red as it felt.”

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239. “My girlfriend: sophomore honors student, demigod, and – oh, yeah – head architect for redesigning the palace of the gods on Mount Olympus in her spare time.”

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240. “Hope survives best at the hearth.”

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241. “Feel the wrath of wheat!”

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242. “You’re cute when you’re worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.”

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243. “Leo choked. “Your mom is a rainbow goddess?” “Got a problem with that?” Butch said. “No, no,” Leo said. “Rainbows, very macho.” “Butch is our best equestrian,” Annabeth said. “He gets along great with the pegasi.” “Rainbows, ponies,” Leo muttered. “I’m gonna toss you off this chariot,” Butch warned.”

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244. “All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I’ve met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.”

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245. “I don’t leave her speechless very often. I have to enjoy those rare moments.”

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246. “Travis: The Aphrodite kids were ripping each other’s clothes and throwing lipstick and jewellery. It was like a rabid herd of wild Bratz.”

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247. “All right cupcakes listen up!”

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248. “I am your friend Bob!”

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249. “Running with a drowsy child of Hades was more like doing a 3 -legged race with a life size rag doll.”

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250. “It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.”

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