Rick Riordan Quotes About Fate

Quotes about: Fate

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

  Rick Riordan

  Knowledge, Fate, Knowing

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

• I figure the world is basically a machine. I don't know who made it, if it was the Fates, or the gods, or the capital-G god or whatever. But it chugs along the way it's supposed to most of the time. Sure, little pieces break off and stuff goes haywire once in a while, but mostly... things happen for a reason.

  Rick Riordan

  Fate, Break Off, Littles

• They send a person who can never stay," she whispered. "Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a little while. They send me a hero I can't help ... just the sort of person I can't help falling in love with." ... As I sailed into the lake I realized the Fates really were cruel. They sent Calypso someone she couldn't help but love. But it worked both ways. For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my biggest what if.

  Rick Riordan

  Falling In Love, Hero, Fate

• Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the same fate. First, you start carrying a man satchel. Next thing you know, you're running around in a bathrobe and pink bunny slippers, chasing chickens with a weed whacker.

  Rick Riordan

  Running, Weed, Fate

  "The Son of Neptune". Book by Rick Riordan, October 4, 2011.

• Akhlys lunged at Percy, and for a split second he thought: Well, hey, I’m just smoke. She can’t touch me, right? He imagined the Fates up in Olympus, laughing at his wishful thinking: LOL, NOOB!

  Rick Riordan

  Fate, Thinking, Laughing

• She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her.

  Rick Riordan

  Fate, Goes On, World

• [Percy] kept hoping things would get better for Annabeth and him, but their lives just got more dangerous, as if the Three Fates were up there spinning their futures with barbed wire instead of thread just to see how much two demigods could tolerate.

  Rick Riordan

  Fate, Two, Get Better

• At least he had Annabeth. They would find a way out of Tartarus. They had to. He didn't think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be together. They hadn't survived so much just to get killed now.

  Rick Riordan

  Believe, Fate, Thinking

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book 4)”, p.80, Penguin UK

• Think long and hard about how you proceed, Nico di Angelo. You cannot lie to Cupid. If you let your anger rule you... well, your fate will be even sadder then mine.

  Rick Riordan

  Lying, Fate, Thinking

• Percy and Reyna occupied matching praeters' chairs on the dais, which made Percy self-conscious. It wasn't easy looking dignified wearing a bedsheet and a purple cape. "The camp is safe," Octavian continued. " I'll be the first to congragulate our heroes for bringing back the legion's eagle and so much Imperial gold! Truly we have been blessed with good fortune. But why do more? Why tempt fate?" "I'm glad you asked." Percy stood, taking the question as an opening. Octavian stammered, " I wasn't--" "--Part of the quest," Percy said. "Yes I know. And your'e wise to let me explain, since I was.

  Rick Riordan

  Wise, Blessed, Hero

• Percy Jackson," Hermes said, "because you have taken on the curse of Achilles, I must spare you. You are in the hands of the Fates now. But you will never speak to me like that again. You have no idea how much I have sacrificed, how much—" His voice broke, and he shrank back to human size. "My son, my greatest pride . . . my poor May . . ." He sounded so devastated I didn't know what to say. One minute he was ready to vaporize us. Now he looked like he needed a hug.

  Rick Riordan

  Taken, Fate, Pride

• Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate

  Rick Riordan

  Karma, Fate, Trying

• I tried very hard. But I can't help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.

  Rick Riordan

  Heart, Fate, Knowing

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.841, Penguin UK

• Frank had decided that whatever his fate was, he wouldn’t worry about it. He would just do the best he could to help his friends.

  Rick Riordan

  Fate, Worry, Helping

• Even the gods couldn't devise a fates so twisted.

  Rick Riordan

  Fate, Twisted

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