Quotes From "The Titans Curse" By Rick Riordan

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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 me. "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
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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
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In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day. Rick Riordan
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He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically.“ Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. He grinned at us, waiting for applause. " That last line was four syllables.” Artemis said. Apollo frowned. “Was it?” “ No, no, that’s six syllable, hhhm.” He started muttering to himself. That’s five syllables! ” He bowed, looking very pleased with himself. Rick Riordan
She said this in the same way you might say...
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She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts. Rick Riordan
You're a stalker with hooves.
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You're a stalker with hooves."" I am not! I followed her to the Big House and hid in a bush and watched the whole thing. Rick Riordan
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And, whoa! " He turned to Mr.D. "Your the wine dude? No way! " Mr. D turned hi eyes away from me and gave Nico a look of loathing. "The wine dude?"" Dionysus, right? Oh, wow! I've got your figurine! "" My figurine."" In my game, Mythomagic. And holofoil card, too! And even though you've only got like five hundred attack points and everybody thinks your the lamest god card, I totally think your powers are sweet! "" Ah." Mr.D seemed truly perplexed, which probably saved my life. "Well, that's..gratifying. Rick Riordan
I stared at him (Dionysus).
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I stared at him (Dionysus). "You're...you're married? But I thought you got in trouble for chasing a wood nymph- Rick Riordan
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Stars, " she whispered. "I can see the stars again, my lady." A tear trickled down Artemis's cheek. "Yes, my brave one. They are beautiful tonight." Stars, " Zoe repeated. Her eyes fixed on the night sky. And she did not move again. Rick Riordan
The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an...
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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. Rick Riordan
That’s us, ” he said. “Those five nuts right there.”...
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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
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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 frenchfries." Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom." Maybe it was the fact that we were so tired and strung out emotionally, but I startedcracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at us. "I do notunderstand."" 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."I busted up, and I probably would've kept laughing all day, but then I heard a noise:" Moooo." The smile melted off my face. I wondered if the noise was just in my head, but Groverhad stopped laughing too. He was looking around, confused. "Did I just hear a cow?"" A dam cow?" Thalia laughed. Rick Riordan
Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover...
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Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm." It's green! " Nico said with delight. Rick Riordan
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Zoe–" I said." Stars, " she whispered. "I can see the stars again, my lady." A tear trickled down Artemis's cheek. "Yes, my brave one. They are beautiful tonight."" Stars, " Zoe repeated. Her eyes fixed on the night sky. And she did not move again. Thalia lowered her head. Annabeth gulped down a sob, and her father put his hands on her shoulders. I watched as Artemis cupped her hand above Zoe's mouth and spoke a few words in Ancient Greek. A silvery wisp of smoke exhaled from Zoe's lips and was caught in the hand of the goddess. Zoe's body shimmered and disappeared. Artemis stood, said a kind of blessing, breathed into her cupped hand and released the silver dust to the sky. It flew up, sparkling, and vanished. For a moment I didn't see anything different. Then Annabeth gasped. Looking up in the sky, I saw that the stars were brighter now. They made a pattern I had never noticed before–a gleaming constellation that looked a lot like a girl's figure–a girl with a bow, running across the sky." Let the world honor you, my Huntress, " Artemis said. "Live forever in the stars. Rick Riordan
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Zoë threw up her hands in exasperation. "I hate this language. It changes too often! Rick Riordan
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Brother, " Artemis chided. "You do not help my hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart. Rick Riordan
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This is the average age of my Hunters, and all young maidens for whom I am patron, before they go astray."" Go astray?"" Grow up. Become smitten with boys. Become silly, preoccupied, insecure. Rick Riordan
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Wow, " Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god, " I said." That's not what I meant. Rick Riordan
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Aretmis gripped her bow. “Let us pray I am wrong.” Can goddesses pray? Rick Riordan
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Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”A god named Fred? Rick Riordan
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Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned. "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
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God alert! " Blackjack yelled. "It's the wine dude! Mr. D sighed in exasperation. "The next person, or horse, who calls me the 'wine dude' will end up in a bottle of Merlot! Rick Riordan
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Hey, can I see that sword you were using?" I showed him Riptide, and explained how it turned from a pen into a sword just by uncapping it." Cool! Does it ever run out of ink?"" Um, well, I don't actually write with it."" Are you really the son of Poseidon?""Well, yeah."" 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
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Argh! " Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the water. Some of the campers gasped. A couple of the Hunters stifled laughs." Sorry! " Thalia said, turning pale. "I didn't mean to–" Anger roared in my ears. A wave erupted from the creek, blasting into Thalia's face and dousing her from head to toe. I stood up. "Yeah, " I growled. "I didn't mean to, either." Thalia was breathing heavily." Enough! " Chiron ordered. But Thalia held out her spear. "You want some, Seaweed Brain?"Somehow, it was okay when Annabeth called me that – at least, I'd gotten used to it – but hearing it from Thalia was not cool." Bring it on, Pinecone Face!. Rick Riordan
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Hoover Dam, " Thalia said. "It's huge." We stood at the river's edge, looking up at a curve of concrete that loomed between the cliffs. People were walking along the top of the dam. They were so tiny they looked like fleas. The naiads had left with a lot of grumbling–not in words I could understand, but it was obvious they hated this dam blocking up their nice river. Our canoes floated back downstream, swirling in the wake from the dam's discharge vents." Seven hundred feet tall, " I said. "Built in the 1930s.""Five million cubic acres of water, " Thalia said. Graver sighed. "Largest construction project in the United States."Zoe stared at us. "How do you know all that?"" Annabeth, " I said. "She liked architecture."" She was nuts about monuments, " Thalia said." Spouted facts all the time." Grover sniffled. "So annoying."" I wish she were here, " I said. Rick Riordan
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Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control traffic.” You both sound like my mother, ” I said. Shut up! ” they both said in union. Rick Riordan
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Brother, ” Artemis chided. “You do not help my Hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart. Rick Riordan
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Not knowing is half the fun, " Aphrodite said, "Exquisitely painful isn't it? Not being sure who you love and who loves you? Oh, you kids! It's so cute I'm going to cry! Rick Riordan
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There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it. Rick Riordan
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She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly–our painful souvenir from holding Atlas's burden. There was a lot I'd wanted to say to Annabeth, but Athena had taken the confidence out of me. I felt like I'd been punched in th Rick Riordan
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Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp…” She looked at Zoe. “Which one was it?” That boy in Colorado, ” Zoe said. “You turned him into a jackalope.” Ah, yes.” Artemis nodded, satisfied. “I enjoy making jackalopes… Rick Riordan
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I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain, her eyes had their usual angry look. "Don't be stupid." That explains why you freaked out on Apollo's bus. Why you didn't want to talk about it." She took a deep breath. Then she brushed the pine needles out of her hair. "If you tell anyone, I swear–" No, no, " I said. "That's cool. It's just… the daughter of Zeus, the Lord of the Sky, afraid of heights? . Rick Riordan
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Little sister! " Apollo called. If his teeth were any whiter he could've blinded us without the sun car. "What's up? You never call. You never write. I was getting wor Rick Riordan
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Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. He looked up lazily. "Do you mind?" Where's Chiron! " I shouted. How rude." Mr. D took a swig from a jug of grape juice. "Is that how you say hello?" Hello, " I amended. "We're about to die! Where's Chiron? Rick Riordan
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I know you'll do what's best for Annabeth.""How can you be sure?"" Because she'd do the same for you. Rick Riordan
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I uncapped the blade, flung open the door, and found myself face-to-face with a black pe Rick Riordan
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If there were ever any half-bloods who needed to worry about that, itwas Thalia and me. I wondered if maybe I should've sent Poseidon that seashell pattern tiefor Father's Day after all.-- Percy Jackson Rick Riordan
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But who are you?" Percy–" I started to say. Then the skeletons turned around. "Gotta go! " What kind of name is Percy Gotta-go? Rick Riordan
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He gave me the brochure. It was about the Hunters of Artemis. The front read, A WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE! Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows. There were captions like: HEALTH BENEFITS: IMMORTALITY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU! and A BOY-FREE TOMORROW! "I found that in Annabeth's backpack, " Grover said. I stared at him. "I don't understand."" Well, it seems to me… maybe Annabeth was thinking about joining." 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. . Rick Riordan
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The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle. Rick Riordan
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Nereus spun and expanded, turning into a killer whale, but I grabbed his dorsal fin as he burst out of the water. A whole bunch of tourists went, " Rick Riordan
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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 Rick Riordan
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The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation, " she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed. Rick Riordan
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Tell me when it's over " Thalia said. Her eyes were shut tight. The statue was holding on to us so we couldn't fall but still Thalia clutched his arm like it was the most important thing in the world. "Everything's fine " I promised. "Are.. are we very high " I looked down. Below us a range of snowy mountains zipped by. I stretched out my foot and kicked snow off one of the peaks. "Nah " I said. "Not that high. . Rick Riordan
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Wait just a minute, " Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be much safer, while we've got them here–"" Ares, " Poseidon interrupted, "they are worthy heroes. We will not blast my son to bits."" Nor my daughter, " Zeus grumbled. "She has done well. Rick Riordan
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My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And I intend to choose one. But first, Father Zeus, I must speak to you privately." Zeus beckoned Artemis forward. He leaned down and listened as she spoke in his ear. A feeling of panic seized me. "Annabeth, " I said under my breath. "Don't."She frowned at me. "What?"Look, I need to tell you something, " I continued. The words came stumbling out of me. "I couldn't stand it if… I don't want you to–" Percy?" she said. "You look like you're going to be sick." And that's how I felt. I wanted to say more, but my tongue betrayed me. It wouldn't move because of the fear in my stomach . Rick Riordan
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Could an Olympian parent turn against his half-blood child? Would it sometimes be easier just to let them die? If there were ever any half-bloods who needed to worry about that, it was Thalia and me. I wondered if maybe I should've sent Poseidon that seashell pattern tie for Father's Day after all. Rick Riordan
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You must forgive my Hunters if they do not welcome you, " Artemis said. "It is very rare that we would have boys in this camp. Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp…" She looked at Zoe. "Which one was it?" That boy in Colorado, " Zoe said. "You turned him into a jackalope." Ah, yes." Artemis nodded, satisfied. "I enjoy making jackalopes. Rick Riordan
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There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties. If you ever get a choice go for the Olympian. Rick Riordan
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Zoe readied her arrows. Grover lifted his pipes. Thalia raised her shield and I noticed a tear running down her cheek. Suddenly it occurred to me: this had happened to her before. She had been cornered on Half- Blood Hill. She'd willingly given her life for her friends. But this time she couldn't save us. Rick Riordan