Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.

— Rick Riordan

Also … the plan sounded exactly like the sneaky, twisted, ridiculously annoying and noble sort of thing Leo Valdez would do.

— Rick Riordan

Always happens with men. They promise friendship. They promise to treat you as an equal. In the end, all they want is to possess you.

— Rick Riordan

Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians told her, the only copies existed in Paris. "Yeah, here's a rare grocery list," Dan muttered. "Wow.

— Rick Riordan

And for once I didn't look back.

— Rick Riordan

And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

— Rick Riordan

And I was holding someone who was destined to be my best friend, or possibly my worst enemy.

— Rick Riordan

And of course I'm in the press all the time. So many books have been written about me; Into thin air, up in the air, Gone with the wind-

— Rick Riordan

And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.

— Rick Riordan

And there, shimmering in the Mist right next to us, was the last person I wanted to see: Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. He looked up lazily. "Do you mind?" Where's Chiron!" I shouted. How rude." Mr. D took a swig from a jug of grape juice. "Is that how you say hello?" Hello," I amended. "We're about to die! Where's Chiron?

— Rick Riordan