Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. is an American author known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which is about a twelve-year-old who discovers he is a son of Poseidon. His books have been translated into 37 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US. Twentieth Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 June 1964
CountryUnited States of America
He warned me the greediest wishes cause the greatest sorrows.
You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
The old women only stuck around this long out of a sense of duty. Your mom was the same way. That's why I loved her. She put her duty first, ahead of evverything.
I tried to smile like I wasn't about to die.
Dreams like podcast. Downloading truth in my ears. They tell me cool stuff.
So I saved your life, and you repaid me by raising Kronos. That's fair.
Yeah, well. I don’t try to be awesome. It just comes natural.
A real man's weapon is his mind.
Death has more in common with Love than you might imagine.
Nobody welcomes a war - not if they're smart. But war finds everyone sooner or later. It's inevitable.
He raised an eyebrow. "You claim not to know me? Of course I'm Thoth. Also called Djehuti. Also called--" I [Sadie] stifled a laugh. "Ja-hooty?" Thoth looked offended. "In Ancient Egyptian, it's a perfectly fine name. The Greeks called me Thoth. Then later they confused me with their god Hermes. Even had the nerve to rename my sacred city Hermopolis, though we're nothing alike. Believe me, if you've ever met Hermes--
I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?" Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War.
Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
I plucked a ruby off the nearest plant and threw it at Hades.