Rick Riordan Quotes, Thoughts and images

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.

Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

Knowledge of any value can't be given. It must be sought and earned.

Life is only precious because it ends, kid.

No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Tell the sun and stars hello for me.

Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your corner of the world.

Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.

Just remember if we get caught, you're deaf and I don't speak English.

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.

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

I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.

It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

Getting something and having the wits to use it... are two different things.

Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.

Just because you don't see me doesn't mean I wasn't there.

I think kids will read more good books than we can produce.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.

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

I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.

You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.

Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.

Humans see what they want to see.

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

It's natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.

Don't decide yet," Hephaestus advised. "Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.

I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.

You have to be compelled to write. If you’re, nothing else that you do matters.

Love was the most savage monster of all.