Percy Jackson And The Olympians Quotes

• A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Long, Challenges

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

  Rick Riordan

  Knowledge, Fate, Knowing

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• You're the last Olympian,' I said. 'And the most important.' And why is that, Percy Jackson?' Because Hope survives best at the hearth,' I said.

  Rick Riordan

  Important, Lasts, Pandora

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• With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.

  Rick Riordan

  Naps, Needs, Great Power

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• There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.

  Rick Riordan

  Clever, Way, Enough

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• Dreams like podcast. Downloading truth in my ears. They tell me cool stuff.

  Rick Riordan

  Dream, Ears, Stuff

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?" "Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?" "Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.

  Rick Riordan

  True Love, War, Heart

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big bathtub.

  Rick Riordan

  Three, Bigs, Bathtubs

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• Annabeth:My fatal flaw. That's what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris. Percy: the brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? Annabeth:No, Seaweed Brain. That's HUMMUS. hubris is worse. Percy: what could be worse than hummus? Annabeth: Hubris means deadly pride, Percy. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else... Even the gods.

  Rick Riordan

  Mean, Pride, Thinking

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• "Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can." Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?" Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?" "Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam French fries." Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."... I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at us "I do not understand." "I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said. "And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam T-shirt."

  Rick Riordan

  Snacks, Water, Trying

  "Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse". Book by By Rick Riordan, May 1, 2007.

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• "We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."

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  Love, Together, Annabeth

  "The Mark of Athena". Book by Rick Riordan, October 2, 2012.

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• Dreams like a podcast, Downloading truth in my ears. They tell me cool stuff." "Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad. He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred." "A god named Fred?

  Rick Riordan

  Dream, Apollo, Ears

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• You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

  Rick Riordan

  Cute, Eyebrows, Together

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• Can you surf really well, then?" I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh. "Jeez, Nico," I said. "I've never really tried." He went on asking questions. Did I fight a lot with Thalia, since she was a daughter of Zeus? (I didn't answer that one.) If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff? (I tried not to strangle Nico for asking that one.) Was Annabeth my girlfriend? (At this point, I was ready to stick the kid in a meat-flavored sack and throw him to the wolves.)

  Rick Riordan

  Daughter, Mother, Girlfriend

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• My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

  Rick Riordan

  Family, Cousin, Giving Up

  "The Sea of Monsters". Book by Rick Riordan, April 1, 2006.

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• Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important.' It was probably important to her.

  Rick Riordan

  Important, Annabeth, Way

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• You drool when you sleep.

  Rick Riordan

  Sleep, Annabeth, Annabeth Chase

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important." "It was probably important to her.

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  Children, Real, Sacrifice

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• Hubris means deadly pride. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else.

  Rick Riordan

  Mean, Pride, Thinking

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series”, p.173, BenBella Books, Inc.

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• With Great power comes great need to take a nap

  Nico

  Naps, Needs, Great Power

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• You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.

  Rick Riordan

  Years, Labyrinth, Stuff

  "The Battle of the Labyrinth". Book by Rick Riordan, May 6, 2008.

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• And you, Percy, are my favorite son.

  Rick Riordan

  Son, My Favorite

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• Why do you need to gallop while you fly?" "Why do humans have to sway their arms while they walk? I dunno boss, but it just feels right.

  Rick Riordan

  Boss, Needs, Arms

  "The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)". Book by Rick Riordan, May 5, 2009.

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• That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.” Which one is me?” I asked. The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested. Oh, shut up.

  Rick Riordan

  Nuts, Littles, Acorns

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• All I could think of was that the teachers must've found the illegal stash of candy I'd been selling out of my dorms room. Or maybe they'd realized I got my Essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade. Or worse, they were going to make me read the book.

  Rick Riordan

  Teacher, Book, Reading

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.19, Penguin UK

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