Top 500 Rick Riordan Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “No man may be completely invulnerable.”

— Rick Riordan

252. “Blackjack made a grumbling sound. Reyna could’ve sworn he tried to say donuts. She must have been going delirious.”

— Rick Riordan

253. “Frey was the god of spring and summer! read the caption. He was the god of wealth, abundance, and fertility. His twin sister, Freya, the goddess of love, was very pretty! She had cats!”

— Rick Riordan

254. “Hold it,” Annabeth said. “I prefer my boyfriend with an un-melted brain. What exactly are we talking about here?” Carter.”

— Rick Riordan

255. “Nico twisted his silver skull ring. “Percy is the most powerful demigod I’ve ever met. No offense to you guys, but it’s true. If anybody can survive, he will, especially if he’s got Annabeth at his side. They’re going to find a way through Tartarus.”

— Rick Riordan

256. “About the prophecy that Rachel did at the end of “The Last Olympian,” Percy Jackson will participate this prophecy, along with Annabeth? Sorry for spelling errors.”

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257. “Percy: Don’t I get a kiss for luck? It’s kind of a tradition, right? Annabeth: Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we’ll see.”

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258. “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.”

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259. “Annabeth’s face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and gave him a kiss whenever he did something stupid. She must have kissed me a lot, Percy thought.”

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260. “But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.”

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261. “But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself – avoid trying to be something you’re not. For a goddess, that’s especially hard. We can change so easily. -Aphrodite.”

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262. “The thing about fate, Magnus: even if we can’t change the big picture, our choices can alter the details. That’s how we rebel against destiny, how we make our own mark.”

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263. “I get letters from college kids who have read Percy Jackson when they were younger who tell me, ‘I just passed my Classics exam.’ The books are accurate enough that they can serve as a gateway to Homer and Virgil.”

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264. “That was Hera,” Thalia grumbled. “Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon.” “That’s it, Thalia Grace,” said the goddess. “I will turn you into an aardvark, so help me –.”

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265. “Lots of death, huh? Personally, I’m trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!”

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266. “Reyna had always thought of Jason Grace as the all-American boy. Thalia looked more like the girl who robbed all-American boys at knifepoint in an alley.”

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267. “Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.”

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268. “Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate.”

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269. “We were ten feet away when we triggered the First Law of Percy Jackson.”

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270. “Rachel: They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb. Annabeth: Was it hard?”

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271. “Green grass breaks through snow, Artemis pleads for my help, I am so cool.”

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272. “To my wonderful readers. Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger. I’ll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book. Well, except for maybe a few small ones... because I love you guys.”

— Rick Riordan

273. “The last thing I wanted to do on my summer break was blow up another school. But there I was Monday morning, the first week of June, sitting in my mom’s car in front of Goode High School on East 81st. Goode was this big brownstone building overlooking the East River. A bunch of BMWs and Lincoln Town Cars were parked out front. Staring up at the fancy.”

— Rick Riordan

274. “I don’t know what my mom will do. I just know I’ll fight next to you.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because you’re my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?”

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275. “Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail, The Titan’s curse must one withstand, And one shall perish by a parent’s hand.”

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276. “Oh, my dear! I’m afraid you’ve mistaken me for someone else! My name is Rhea Silvia. I was the mother to Romulus and Remus, thousands of years ago. But you’re so kind to think I look as young as the 1950s.”

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277. “I figured something out. You can’t hold onto hate forever. It won’t do a thing to the person you hate, but it’ll poison you, sure enough.”

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278. “You want to know how Egyptians pulled the brains out of mummies. or built the pyramids, or cursed King Tut’s tomb? My dad’s your man.”

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279. “Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpion.”

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280. “Another time, in a Stockholm tavern, I met this god who was smoking hot, except his talking sword just would not shut up. But.”

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281. “The coach launched himself at the spirit with some serious goat fu – lashing out with his hooves, knocking Leo free from the spirit’s grasp.”

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282. “My fatal flaw is hubris. The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? No, seaweed brain. That’s hummus. Hubris is worse. What could be worse than hummus?”

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283. “Frank Zhang! I, Jason Grace, praetor of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata, give you my final order: I resign my post and give you emergency field promotion to praetor, with the full powers of that rank. Take command of this legion!”

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284. “Maybe it’s okay to still be a kid every once in a while.”

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285. “I’d like to say I took the news well. The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time. – Percy Jackson.”

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286. “Love was the most savage monster of all.”

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287. “Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing soprano for a week.”

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288. “I am the son of Apollo, you anemic loser!”

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289. “But too much love is poison, especially when that love is not returned.”

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290. “I felt like one of Apollo’s sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.”

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291. “Don’t worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.”

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292. “Thalia blushed. “Hi, Lord Apollo.” Zeus’s girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be a tree, didn’t you? Glad you’re back. I hate it when pretty girls turn into trees. Man, I remember one time –.”

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293. “If I’m going to burn, I might as well burn bright. This is for Jason.”

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294. “I’m Dylan. I’m so cool. I want to date myself, but I don’t know how! You want to date me instead? You’re so lucky!”

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295. “Perseus, you are not the hero.”

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296. “Oh, I wouldn’t say Love always makes you happy. Sometimes it makes you incredibly sad.”

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297. “I love Greek Mythology, wish there was a TV series, like being human or smallville, but with the series based around Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Holla Mayne!”

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298. “Power makes good people uneasy rather than joyful or boastful. That’s why good people so rarely rise to power.”

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299. “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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300. “Your destiny grows clearer, Jason Grace. When the choice comes again- storm or fire- remember me. And do not despair.”

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