Quotes From "The Lightning Thief" By Rick Riordan

My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that. Rick Riordan

Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair flattened and you could just see the tips of his horns. His bright orange backpack was full of scrap metal and apples to snack on. In his pocket was a set of reed pipes his daddy goat had carved for him, even though he only knew two songs: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 12 and Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday, " both of which sounded pretty bad on reed pipes. Rick Riordan

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality. Rick Riordan

Humans see what they want to see. Rick Riordan

A strange breeze rustled through the clearing, temporarily overpowering the stink of trash and murk. It brought the smell of berries and wildflowers and clean rainwater, things that might've once been in these woods. Suddenly I was nostalgic for something I'd never knew. Rick Riordan

But remember: what belongs to the sea will always return to the sea.-- Nereid Rick Riordan

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you'll lose it all Rick Riordan

Chiron looked surprised. “I thought that would be obvious enough. The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles. Rick Riordan

Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say. Rick Riordan

Names have power. Rick Riordan

Young man, names are powerful things. You don’t just go around using them for no reason. Rick Riordan

The real world is where the monsters are. Rick Riordan

I held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants. Rick Riordan

A steely look of anger flared in my mother’s eyes, and I thought, just maybe, I was leaving her in good hands after all. Her own. Rick Riordan

I have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. It is never anything but tragic. Rick Riordan

The dead aren't scary. They are just sad. Rick Riordan

I wanted to get angry, this guy pushed me so hard. Rick Riordan

I wondered if Grover could still read my emotions, mixed up as they were. Rick Riordan

It's useless to lecture a human. Rick Riordan

Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality. Rick Riordan

As we got closer to Montauk, she seemed to grow younger, years of worry and work disappearing from her face. Her eyes turned the color of the sea. Rick Riordan

Taken together, it’s almost a sure sign. The letters float off the page when you read, right? That’s because your mind is hardwired for ancient Greek. And the ADHD-you’re impulsive, can’t sit still in the classroom. That’s your battlefield reflexes. In a real fight, they’d keep you alive. As for the attention problems, that’s because you see too much, Percy, not too little. Your senses are better than a regular mortal’s. . Rick Riordan

I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list. Rick Riordan

You drool in your sleep- Annabeth Chase Rick Riordan

They were startling gray, like storm clouds; pretty, but intimidating, too, as if she were analyzing the best way to take me down in a fight. Rick Riordan

Where his eyes should’ve been, there was only fire, empty sockets glowing with miniature nuclear explosions. Rick Riordan

Because I’m not normal, ” I said.“ You say that as if it’s a bad thing, Percy. But you don’t realize how important you are. Rick Riordan

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

I don’t belong here, ” I said. “I don’t even believe in gods.”“ Yeah, ” he said. “That’s how we all started. Once you start believing in them? It doesn’t get any easier. Rick Riordan

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD! ! ! ! Rick Riordan

The sea does not like to be restrained. Rick Riordan

A faint smile played on his lips. "Obedience does not come naturally to you, does it"" No...sir"" I must take some blame for that, I suppose. The sea does not like to be restrained. Rick Riordan

I wasn't aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway. Rick Riordan

I sort of fell."" Percy! Six hundred and thirty feet? Rick Riordan

What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War. .. Athena versus Poseidon?""I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you."" Why?"" Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions? Rick Riordan

Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment, as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?. Rick Riordan

Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked." It only works on wild animals."" So it would only affect Percy, " Annabeth reasoned." Hey! " I protested. Rick Riordan

Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?" I don't hate you." Could've fooled me." She folded her cap of invisibility. "Look..we're just not supposed to get along, okay? Our parents are rivals." Why?" She sighed. "How many reasons do you want? One time my mom caught Poseidon with his girlfriend in Athena's temple, which is hugely disrespectful. Another time, Athena and Poseidon competed to be the patron god for the city of Athens. Your dad created some stupid saltwater spring for his gift. My mom created the olive tree. The people saw that her gift was better, so they named the city after her." They must really like olives." Oh, forge. Rick Riordan

I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh! Rick Riordan

You're Dionysus, " I said. "The god of wine." Mr. D rolled his eyes. "What do they say these days, Grover? Do the children say 'Well duh! '?" Y-yes, Mr. D."Then, well, duh! Percy Jackson. Did you think I was Aphrodite, perhaps?" You're a god." Yes, child." A god. You. Rick Riordan