Rick Riordan Quotes Novels & Stories

I say. He shrugs, unfazed. “You say that like you don’t like it.” “I say that because it’s true,” I shoot back. “I should get a medal for tolerating you.” Ryker leans forward, resting his elbows on his knees, and smirks. “What would the medal say? ‘Survived Ryker's bullshit with only mild trauma’?” I grin. “Exactly that. And I’d wear it with pride.” He raises his glass again. “To trauma bonding, then.”

She gave a sad chuckle. “I'm sorry, that's brutal.” He said with a wince. “Yeah. But like you said, don't be sorry for things that's not within your power,” she replied and they both laughed, the stress easing from Carly's shoulders. “Do you ever dream of being free?” Carly asked Rick in a whisper. “Every fucking time, princess.” He replied solemnly, “perhaps one day.” “Perhaps…” she whispered with a twinge of hope.

No one would challenge me. But Ryan leaned closer, his voice barely a whisper. “You’ll lose everything.” The words cut through my rage like ice. “Think,” he said quietly. “You have no proof. No evidence. No one brave enough to speak against me.” I froze. Slowly, reluctantly, I loosened my grip. Ryan sucked in a deep breath and rolled his shoulders like someone waking from a pleasant sleep. “There we go,” he said cheerfully. “The great Reinaldo returns.”

They also had their card held up. “Jordan.” Kelly said and the whole room turned to see the woman in question blushing. Grinning, Jordan nodded. “My granddaddy always said it. My grandma was never sure if he was talking about being surrounded by the enemy or kids.” “Either way,” Charlotte laughed, “being surrounded simplifies things.” “How many more?” Someone asked loudly. “Someone is getting hangry.” Charlotte laughed and clicked the key on the computer. The program that Camille and Trevor had written for this, shuffled the quotes and pulled up another one. “Last one. Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. Mae West.”

Freddie Hawkins, the one who made that martial arts movie and has incredible fighting skills? Elon looked worshipful. "That's exactly who I mean! I love his most famous quote: 'I've never been interested in money!' Dr. Lloyd, I thought that was such an enlightened outlook on life, what a bold attitude! In this day and age, there are too few people who don't obsess over money!" Andrew sneered coldly, "A man worth hundreds of billions saying he's not interested in money—don't you think that's like someone who's stuffed themselves saying they're not interested in food?"

Riordan murmured, his eyes watering. "Unfortunately, he never said the same thing about you guys," I said with a faint smile. Their faces both looked embarrassed. I guess my words should have made them realize what Xander meant to them and what they meant to Xander. "Mr. and Mrs. Riordan, I don't understand why you would rather let go of Xander than give him the support and strength to achieve his desires?" I asked. "Are you overconfident that Xander will stick with you and give up all his dreams, including me and our child?"

“I’m so proud of you my dear. You’re the best,” Mrs Riordan complimented, her hands wrapped around Anna as they made their way out of the building. “You proved to them that the Riordan shouldn’t be messed with. I’m delighted.” Anna giggled. “Of course, Mother. It was easy putting them in their places.” Super easy putting her enemies in their places these days. If they wanted to defeat her, they would have to bring a much better opponent, someone who was way stronger.

As the opening credits rolled, she got closer to me and whispered, “Just warning you now that I’ll probably quote every line.” I smiled. “That’s fair. I’ll probably ask dumb questions.” She grinned in response. “Then it balances out.” We shared popcorn, fingers brushing every few seconds. Somewhere halfway through, when Rick said, ‘Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine,’ Skylar turned to me and whispered, “Iconic.” “Pretty dramatic for a guy in a tux,” I murmured dryly. She elbowed me. “It’s romantic.”

"You will beg for mercy, but I will give you none. Every single person you call your family, I will destroy until you have nobody but me" "Go ahead, see if I will stand still and watch you take everything away from me again. You will tear them apart but I will kill you first. You are good at this, threatening people, try me and see what I can do to you" Ricardo warns and smirks at Rocky. "You can't hurt me, you are too good for that"

The team snickers. Rylan drops to one knee on the ice. The arena erupts again, louder than before. “Oh my God,” someone screams. Lira stares at him, eyes wide. He looks up at her, expression steady. “You once tell me that strength is proven in survival,” he says. “You survive poison. You survive rumors. You survive my worst days.” Her throat tightens. “You heal more than a scar,” he continues quietly. “You heal the part of me that believes I am meant to stand alone. The part that believes that I am cursed.”