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Rick Riordan

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Benarlah. Jika kalian sedang bersedih, jika kalian sedang terpagut masa lalu menyakitkan, penuh peny...
TERE LIYE Jangan meminta yang lebih kepada orang disekitarmu, karena belum tentu kamu bisa membalas apa yg dia...
@DANANGME Karena sesungguhnya cinta tidak pernah meminta untuk menanti. Ia mengambil kesempatan atau mempersil...
RIZQIYYAH YASMIN Ada orang bilang bahwa cinta pasti dapat menyelesaikan segala problema yang ada.
Padahal mungki...
TOBA BETA Cinta yang tidak dipersatukan Allah di Dunia mungkin disimpankan-Nya untuk dipersatukan di akhirat n...
MAHARDHIKA ZIFANA ada yang hidup glamour, terkadang lebih besar pasak daripada tiang, apakah bisa nyaman dan tenang de...
DIAN NAFI Hal yang terpenting dalam cinta adalah persahabatan. Dan hal yang terpenting dalam persahabatan adal...
WINNA EFENDI Dengan sejarah, kita belajar jatuh cinta.
KUNTOWIJOYO Dalam sebuah skenario infiltrasi ide jangan pernah peduli dengan latar belakang lawan biacara kalian...
TERE LIYE Lepaskanlah. Maka besok lusa, jika dia cinta sejatimu, dia pasti akan kembali dengan cara mengagumka...
TERE LIYE Lennon-kah yang datang selarut ini? Padahal cinta sudah ditembak mati, mungkin tadi, pagi-pagi sekal...
READY SUSANTO Tidak mengapa kalau kau patah hati, tidak mengapa kalau kau kecewa, atau menangis tergugu karena har...
TERE LIYE Kakek, dari kota manakah cinta datang?"

"Tidak ada yang tahu, Sayang. Cinta sejati datang...
TERE LIYE Kalau memang terlihat rumit lupakanlah. Itu jelas bukan cinta sejati kita. Cinta sejati selalu seder...
TERE LIYE Apakah keuntungan dan bahagianya cinta yang tiada berpengharapan?
.
Bukankah cinta itu sud...
HAMKA Cinta itu macam musik yang indah. Bedanya, cinta sejati akan membuatmu tetap menari meskipun musikny...
TERE LIYE Yang sedang jatuh cinta, berjuanglah demi cinta. Yg sedang punya keinginan berjuanglah demi cita-cit...
DEKALITA Sebagai orang tua, saya merasa, setiap pertanyaan anak adalah sebuah “teaching moments”. Itu ada...
NAILAL FAHMI Jalan menuju Tuhan sama dengan jalan menuju Roma, Rahwana. Pada akhirnya semua jalan akan menuju Rom...
SUJIWO TEJO Kita perlu faham bahawa hak manusia perlu diraikan dengan syarat mengikuti panduan syarak. Jika semu...
NAJMI NAWAWI Kita perlu faham bahawa hak manusia perlu diraikan dengan syarat mengikuti panduan syarak. Jika semu...
NAJMI NAWAWI Salah satu anggapan dasar buku ini adalah bahwa adat memiliki kaidah dan nilai-nilai yang lebih adil...
MARSEN SINAGA Orang yang memendam perasaan sering kali terjebak oleh hatinya sendiri. Sibuk merangkai semua kejadi...
TERE LIYE Kalian boleh maju dalam pelajaran, mungkin mencapai deretan gelar kesarjanaan apa saja, tapi tanpa m...
PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER Enam puluh tahun kami menikah. Dua belas anak. Tentu saja ada banyak pertengkaran. Kadang merajuk di...
TERE LIYE Ketika ekspresi rindu adalah doa
Tak ada cinta yang tak mulia
AZHAR NURUN ALA Prestasi akademis yang baik bukan segalanya. Tapi memang membukakan lebih banyak pintu, untuk memper...
ADHITYA MULYA Mereka bernasib naas, memiliki ayah yang lemah. Seorang pengecut yang lebih memilih melihat mereka s...
KHALED HOSSEINI Ada sebongkah batu di pinggir ladangnya, dan dia duduk di permukaannya yang datar. Dia kerap duduk d...
KHALED HOSSEINI jika seseorang pemuda jatuh cinta kepada seorang gadis, maka janganlah dia merosakkan hati si gadis ...
IQBAL SYARIE Pada masa ini sebuah teori sering terdengar seperti sebuah omong besar yang melalaikan kenyataan bah...
GOENAWAN MOHAMAD Buku ini mengungkapkan fakta-fakta yang sering dilupakan itu, kisah-kisah perlawanan yang dilakukan ...
ROEM TOPATIMASANG Cinta itu mensucikan akal, mengenyahkan kekhawatiran, memunculkan keberanian, mendorong berpenampila...
ابن قيم الجوزية Ibu, rasa nyaman selalu membuat orang-orang sulit berubah. Celakanya, kami sering kali tidak tahu ka...
TERE LIYE Kakek, apakah cinta itu memberi, seperti yang selalu Kakek lakukan saat memberi makan ayam - ayam?"<...
TERE LIYE Aku tidak percaya akan cinta pada pandangan pertama. Tapi harus kuakui, aku menyukai apa yang kuliha...
FRANCISCA TODI Ya Rabb, Engkaulah alasan semua kehidupan ini. Engkaulah penjelasan atas semua kehidupan ini. Perasa...
TERE LIYE cinta adalah mengalami
DEE LESTARI Saat memutuskan buat jatuh cinta, lo juga membuka kemungkinan cinta kelak akan berbalik nyakitin lo....
CHRISTIAN SIMAMORA Menjadi dewasa adalah konsep yang terlalu dibesar-besarkan. Hidup adalah tentang memilih. Setiap har...
FRANCISCA TODI Delisa cinta ummi karena Allah.
TERE LIYE Perempuan, Kau pasti tahu sakitnya cinta yg tak terkatakan.Cinta yg hanya mampu didekap dlm bungkam,...
ASMA NADIA Memilih bukan karena benar atau salah, tapi memilih apa yang memang lo anggap baik dan di jalanin se...
SEINZ Jangan takut jatuh, karena yang tidak pernah memanjatlah yang tidak pernah jatuh. Jangan takut gagal...
HAMKA Ia segalanya yang kau inginkan, sekaligus segalanya yang tidak bisa kau miliki...
STEPHENIE MEYER Orang yang memendam perasaan sering kli terjebak oleh hatinya sendiri. Sibuk merangkai semua kejadia...
TERE LIYE Octavian menjerit-jerit dengan suara melengking—mungkin memerintakan Kohort I agar bertahan dengan...
RICK RIORDAN Begitulah kehidupan, Ada yang kita tahu, ada pula yang tidak kita tahu. Yakinlah, dengan ketidak-tah...
TERE LIYE Menurutku, apa yang terjadi antara seseorang dengan Tuhannya adalah rahasia mereka berdua. Dan apabi...
MATAHARITIMOER Cinta itu adalah perasaan yang mesti ada pada tiap-tiap diri manusia, ia laksana setitis embun yang ...
HAMKA Cinta bukan melemahkan hati, bukan membawa putus asa, bukan menimbulkan tangis sedu sedan. Tetapi ci...
HAMKA The good guy yang tahu jalan pikiran di otak the bad guy jelas lebih responsif dalam mengantisipasi ...
ADHAM T. FUSAMA Perjalanan tanpa destinasi bukan sia-sia, kerana pengalaman itu lebih memanusiakan daripada pencapai...
RAMZAH DAMBUL Merantai kaki seseorang karena ketakutan kita bukanlah cinta melainkan keegoisan
NOVELLINA A. aku ingin mencintaimu dengan sederhana;
dengan kata yang tak sempat diucapkan
kayu kepada ...
SAPARDI DJOKO DAMONO Meski berjuang keras untuk tidak memikirkan dia, aku tidak berjuang untuk melupakan.
STEPHENIE MEYER Jangan anggap remeh si manusia, yang kelihatannya begitu sederhana; biar penglihatanmu setajam elang...
PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER Cinta adalah perbuatan. Kata-kata dan tulisan indah adalah omong kosong.
TERE LIYE Izinkan kita menggunakan analogi azan. Kita semua maklum bahawa azan sebagai suatu praktis keagamaan...
AZHAR IBRAHIM Wahai, wanita-wanita yang hingga usia tiga puluh, empat puluh, atau lebih dari itu, tapi belum juga ...
TERE LIYE Selingkuh: meninggalkan yang tak sempurna
untuk yang lebih tak sempurna.
CHRISTIAN SIMAMORA Tidak ada yang lebih tinggi dari mimpi.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE seperti telah kubuktikan kepadamu, aku bisa membuat kesalahan seperti orang lain. Malah, karena aku ...
J.K. ROWLING bukannya teknik bertanam yang merupakan faktor yang paling penting, melainkan lebih kepada pikiran p...
MASANOBU FUKUOKA Pada masa itu sering saya menjawab pertanyaan yang kadang-kadang diajukan kepada saya, "Mengapa Saud...
AJIP ROSIDI Orang yang mampu melupakan mantan dengan baik adalah orang yang memiliki daya ingat yang sangat buru...
IFDAL SUKRI Dikota paling rindu itu,Ningtyas
malam senantiasa menjatuhkan pejammu di mataku, mencuriku diam...
FIRMAN NOFEKI Pupuklah seni untuk menjadi orang yang menyenangkan dengan berbicara yang benar dan diam.
SIDNEY NEWTON BREMER Drama adalah komplikasi. Drama membuat kalian egois, berpikir kepentingan pribadi kalianlah yang pal...
DEE LESTARI Kadang-kadang cinta bersifat tamak dan loba, kadang-kadang was-was dan kadang-kadang putus asa.
HAMKA Mata itu, bunga ini, mungkin ia tidak seburuk yang aku kira.
KUSUMASTUTI Dia, yang tidak pernah kamu mengerti. Dia, racun yang membunuhmu perlahan. Dia, yang kamu reka dan k...
DEE LESTARI Apa pun yang terlihat, boleh jadi tidak seperti yang kita lihat. Apa pun yang hilang, tidak selalu l...
TERE LIYE Selalu ada impian yang lebih besar dari impian lain, kan?
WINDRY RAMADHINA Sering aku disiksa oleh pertanyaan: mengapa A Ling bisa begitu? Apa salahku sehingga ia begitu? Apa ...
ANDREA HIRATA Shaykh al-Jundi hanya seorang dari pewaris sastera jenis ini di dalam sejarah sastera Sufi yang munc...
BAHARUDIN AHMAD [...] orang-orang sering mengklaim lapar akan kebenaran tapi jarang yang menyukai rasanya ketika dis...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Ketika satu kota dipenuhi orang miskin, kejahatan yang terjadi hanya level rendah, perampokan, mabuk...
TERE LIYE ...Aku ingin kau tahu, diam-diam, aku selalu menitipkan harapan yang sama ke dalam beribu-ribu rinti...
YOANA DIANIKA Aku tidak pernah keberatan menunggu siapa pun berapa lama pun selama aku mencintainya.
SENO GUMIRA AJIDARMA beberapa orang bilangsaya gila
beberapa orang bilang saya bodoh
namun, beberapa orang bila...
EMMANUELLA ELMA Ini bukan sekadar kumpulan cerita. Ini sejarah, penggalan sejarah dari negara-bangsa yang__setelah h...
ROEM TOPATIMASANG Cara terbaik menghadapi masa lalu adalah dengan dihadapi. Berdiri gagah. Mulailah dengan damai mener...
TERE LIYE Kita memang hanya akan dipertemukan dengan apa-apa yang kita cari.
HAMKA untuk hidup sendirian, orang harus menjadi binatang atau dewa--kata Aristoteles. ada yang ketiga: or...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Jangan pernah percaya 100% dengan janji siapapun!
Tagih dan dapat 90% saja pun sudah lebih dar...
TOBA BETA Beberapa bulan tinggal di rumah itu, saya tidak pernah mendapat gangguan apa-apa selain serbuan tiku...
JOKO PINURBO Manusia itu lebih berani menghadapi apa pun kalau melakukannya demi orang yang dia sayangi.
WINDHY PUSPITADEWI Selama lebih tujuh tahun aku terpenjara tugas ini. Seperti bom yang hanya menunggu waktu
DIAN NAFI Pilihan kitalah Harry yang menunjukkan orang seperti apa sebenarnya kita, lebih dari kemampuan kita....
J.K. ROWLING Apakah ada yang tahu bagaimana rasanya mencintai seseorang yang tidak boleh dicintai? Aku tahu. Hidu...
ILANA TAN Kadang aku merasa sudah dekat dengan kegilaan.
Kamu tahu apa yang paling menyakitkan saat peras...
TASARO G.K. Tuhan memang ciptakan perbedaan melalui KuasaNYA, namun Manusia dengan 'kuasanya' lah yang membeda-b...
PRAKOSO ARIO Jika kehidupan adalah suatu teks yang berirama, aku hidup pada bait ketiga dimana tak banyak orang y...
NOM DE PLUME Agama akan tetap, tapi yang mengalami perubahan adalah diri Tuan sendiri. Jangan jadikan agama sebag...
INDAH EL HAFIDZ Anda pasti ingin menghabiskan beberapa waktu merencanakan bagaimana data akan diatur sehingga menemu...
RASARAB I didn't answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are qui...
RICK RIORDAN Ukhuwah itu tidak bisa dihapus dalam satu perintah, walaupun yang memerintah adalah seorang raja yan...
SASDANU PRIAMBODO Modernisasi pada akhirnya memang suatu permainan kekuatan. Ada yang tergusur, ada yang menggusur. Ad...
GOENAWAN MOHAMAD Nilai akhir dari proses pendidikan, sejatinya terrekapitulasi dari keberhasilannya menciptakan perub...
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His hair was grease...
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“Okay,�...
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Then he gasped and pointed to th...
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"Yeah?"
"I thought you'd want to know."
"Yeah?"
"Cerb...
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RICK RIORDAN You can keep watch, in case – you know, the lake decides to attack us or something." - Leo Valdez
RICK RIORDAN He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing.
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RICK RIORDAN I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Wes...
RICK RIORDAN Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
"He's the sun god," I said.
"That's not what I me...
RICK RIORDAN I wanted to argue but I found I couldn't. Athena was pretty darn smart.
RICK RIORDAN There is always a way for those clever enough to find it.
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RICK RIORDAN Headache!" Zeus bellowed. "Bad. bad headache!"
As if to prove his point, the lord of the univer...
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RICK RIORDAN Wisdom's daughter walks alone.
That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. I...
RICK RIORDAN The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. ...
RICK RIORDAN People usually asked her if she had a belly button. Of course she had a belly button. She couldn't e...
RICK RIORDAN Athena stood in the middle of the road with her arms crossed and a look on her face that made me thi...
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Annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward...
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RICK RIORDAN She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly...
RICK RIORDAN There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.
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RICK RIORDAN The cord, a familiar voice said. Remember your lifeline, dummy!
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RICK RIORDAN I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth.
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We stood at the river's edge, looking up at a curve of c...
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RICK RIORDAN I could have killed you.”
“Or I could have killed you,” Percy said.
Jason shrugged....
RICK RIORDAN I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? Yo...
RICK RIORDAN Argh!" Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the wa...
RICK RIORDAN This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.
RICK RIORDAN You drool when you sleep.
RICK RIORDAN Hey, can I see that sword you were using?"
I showed him Riptide, and explained how it turned fr...
RICK RIORDAN I'm calm," Rachel insisted. "Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervou...
RICK RIORDAN Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?"

I don't hate you."

Could've foole...
RICK RIORDAN Leo: Rainbows. Very macho.
Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the...
RICK RIORDAN It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive...
RICK RIORDAN Monkey bar," Annabeth said. "I'm great at these." She leaped onto to the first rung and start swingi...
RICK RIORDAN She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

You'd probably ki...
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"Y...
RICK RIORDAN Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked.

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RICK RIORDAN Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?
Annabeth: Come back alive,...
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"Not even a little bit." I showed him that I ...
RICK RIORDAN What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?"
"I don't know. B...
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RICK RIORDAN Dreams like a podcast,
Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."
"Apoll...
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RICK RIORDAN It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about?
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"Madness is my specialty. It was quite simple."
"Bu...
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I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding stude...
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RICK RIORDAN Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really."
Her...
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RICK RIORDAN Like water leaking through a dam," said Piper.
"Yeah," smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole." 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 mor...
RICK RIORDAN A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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RICK RIORDAN I said hello to the poodle.
RICK RIORDAN Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter."

RICK RIORDAN Love is on every side, Cupid said. And no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.<...
RICK RIORDAN Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.

Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,...
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RICK RIORDAN Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
RICK RIORDAN The real world is where the monsters are.
RICK RIORDAN It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
RICK RIORDAN I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
RICK RIORDAN We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
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RICK RIORDAN The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human b...
RICK RIORDAN She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbre...
RICK RIORDAN Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”
“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
RICK RIORDAN She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a...
RICK RIORDAN Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
RICK RIORDAN Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge fin...
RICK RIORDAN Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a tot...
RICK RIORDAN Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
RICK RIORDAN Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of wha...
RICK RIORDAN Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we ...
RICK RIORDAN He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank...
RICK RIORDAN Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the ...
RICK RIORDAN Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in ...
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RICK RIORDAN Juno: "All roads lead there child. You should know that."
Percy: "Detention?
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RICK RIORDAN Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid...
RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
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RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger.
Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo...
RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties...
RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn...
RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr...
RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!
RICK RIORDAN In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ...
RICK RIORDAN THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!"
Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t...
RICK RIORDAN Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
RICK RIORDAN Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
RICK RIORDAN If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
RICK RIORDAN She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.
RICK RIORDAN A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ...
RICK RIORDAN Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers ...
RICK RIORDAN Humans see what they want to see.
RICK RIORDAN Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
RICK RIORDAN Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, wh...
RICK RIORDAN You will suffer, son of Hades!’
What else is new? Nico thought.
RICK RIORDAN This is so cool!" Nico said, jumping up and down in the driver's seat. "Is this really the sun? I th...
RICK RIORDAN Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea.
If I'd known what was coming, I would've called i...
RICK RIORDAN I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret.
RICK RIORDAN For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked a...
RICK RIORDAN He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace....
RICK RIORDAN Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’
‘How can you even talk to me like t...
RICK RIORDAN Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?"

He shrugged. "Techn...
RICK RIORDAN Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.
RICK RIORDAN With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
RICK RIORDAN Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile....
RICK RIORDAN Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friend...
RICK RIORDAN Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wro...
RICK RIORDAN What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apol...
RICK RIORDAN Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind...
RICK RIORDAN Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
RICK RIORDAN I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue pla...
RICK RIORDAN Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand...
RICK RIORDAN Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over aga...
RICK RIORDAN She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doin...
RICK RIORDAN The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.
RICK RIORDAN How did you die?"
"We er....drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big ...
RICK RIORDAN Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between...
RICK RIORDAN Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs a...
RICK RIORDAN Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
RICK RIORDAN I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster."

End of discussion.The Tita...
RICK RIORDAN We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.”
Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez i...
RICK RIORDAN Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.
RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Perc...
RICK RIORDAN You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!
RICK RIORDAN Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s...
RICK RIORDAN