Book of Quotes

The Titan's Curse

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

"'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 us, 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.'"

"Ever had a flying burrito hit you?  Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades." 

"'Love conquers all,' Aphorodite 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.'" 

"Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous.  He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his popes.  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.'" 

"'Wow,' Thalia muttered. 'Apollo is hot.' 'He's the sund god,' I said. 'That's not what I meant.'" 

"In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods our 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." 

"He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically.  'Green grass breaks through snow.  Artemis pleads for my help.  I am so cool.' He grinned at us, waiting for applause.  'That last line was four syllables.' Artemis said. Apollo frowned. 'Was it?' 'Yes.  What about I am so bigheaded?' 'No, no, that's six syllable, hhhm.' He started muttering to himself. Zoe Nightshade turned to us. 'Lord Apollo has been going through this haiku phase ever since he visited Japan.  Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick.  If I'd had to hear one more poem that started with, There once was a goddes from Sparta-' 'I've got it!' Apollo announced. 'I am so awesome.  That's fice syllables!' He bowed, looking very pleased with himself." 

"'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 ened up in a bottle of Merlot!'"

"The cafe windows wrapped all the way around the observation floor, which gave us a beautiful panoramic view of the skeleton army that had come to kill us." 

"She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hade's gym shorts." 

"'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 no 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 yo stick the kid in a meat-flavoured sack and throw him to the wolves.)"