Rick Riordan Quotes About Mom

Quotes about: Mom

• [My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Thinking, Blue

• The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Daughter, Children

• She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbrella until she cranked the pump and the shotgun blast blew the giant twenty feet backwards, right into Nico's sword. "Nice one," Paul said. "When did you learn to fire a shotgun?" I demanded. My mom blew the hair out of her face. "About two seconds ago. Percy, we'll be fine. Go!

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Nice, Fire

• Ever come home and found your room messed up? Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "clean" it, and suddenly you can't find anything? And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feeling like somebody's been looking through your private stuff and dusting everything with lemon furniture polish?

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Home, Missing

  "Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters". Book by Rick Riordan, April 1, 2006.

• I guessed his name was Face of Horror. I wondered how long it had taken his mom to think of that. Bob? No. Sam? No. How about Face of Horror?

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Taken, Thinking

• Aphrodite,” [Annabeth] said. “Venus?” Hazel asked in amazement. “Mom,” Piper said with no enthusiasm. “Girls!” The goddess spread her arms like she wanted a group hug. The three demigods did not oblige. Hazel backed into a palmetto tree.

  Rick Riordan

  Girl, Mom, Tree

• We walked on the beach, fed blue corn ships to the seagulls, and munched on blue jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy and all the other free samples my mom brought home from work. I guess I should explain the blue food. See, Gabe had once told my mom there was no such thing. They had this fight, which seemed like a really small thing at the time. But ever since, my mom went out of her way to eat blue. She baked blue birthday cakes. She mixed blueberry smoothies. She bought blue-corn tortilla chips and brought home blue candy from the shop.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Beach, Home

• After our mom died, her parents (our grandparents) had this big court battle with dad. After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a near fatal attack with a spatula (don't ask), they won the right to keep Sadie with them in England.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Dad, Two

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

• She reached into her coat pocket and felt two things she hadn't expected.... One was a wad of cash... she brought out the money. Leo whistled. "Allowance? Piper, your mom rocks!

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Rocks, Two

• Your mom is a rainbow goddess?" "You got a problem with that?" "No, no. Rainbows. Very macho.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Rainbow, Problem

• The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Friday, School

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series”, p.117, BenBella Books, Inc.

• Percy," my mom said. "I give you my blessing." "Be safe brother!" Tyson pleaded. "Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Brother, Blessing

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.101, Penguin UK

• THAT Perseus always won. That's why my momhad named me after him, even if he was son of Zeus ann I was son of Posidon. The original Perseus was one of the only heros in the greek myths who got a happy ending. The others died-betrayed, mauled, mutilated, poisoned, or cursed by the gods. My mom hoped i would inherit Perseus's luck. Judging by how my life was going so far, i wasn't too optimistic.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Hero, Optimistic

• Just for you non-sea-god types out there, don't go swimming in New York Harbor. It may not be as filthy as it was in my mom's day, but that water will still probably make you grow a third eye or have mutant children when you grow up.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, New York, Children

• Must’ve been hard on your mom,” Frank said. “I guess we’ll do anything for someone we love.” Hazel squeezed his hand appreciatively. Nico stared at the cobblestones. “Yeah,” he said bitterly. “I guess we will.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Hands, Cobblestone

• Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "'clean'" it, and suddenly you can't find anything?

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Helpful, Clean

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

• Annabeth Thalia and I hadn't seen each other in months but between the blizzard and the thought of what we were about to do we were too nervous to talk much. Except for my mom. She talks more when she's nervous. By the time we finally got to Westover Hall it was getting dark and she'd told Annabeth and Thalia every embarrassing baby story there was to tell about me.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Baby, Dark

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

• I hoped I wasn't blushing. It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Battle, Enough

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

• If my mom told one more story about how cute I looked in the bathtub when I was three years old I was going to burrow into the snow and freeze myself to death.

  Rick Riordan

  Cute, Mom, Years

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

• Percy: I thought I’d lost my mom forever, and I was stuck on a hill in a thunderstorm fighting this huge bull dude while Grover was passed out wailing. “Food!” It was terrifying, man.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Fighting, Men

  Rick Riordan (2010). “Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files: The Demigod Files”, p.31, Penguin UK

• The old women only stuck around this long out of a sense of duty. Your mom was the same way. That's why I loved her. She put her duty first, ahead of evverything.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Long, Way

• "Aphrodite," she said. "Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement. "Mom," Piper said, with no enthusiasm.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Venus, Enthusiasm

  "The Mark of Athena". Book by Rick Riordan, October 2, 2012.

• But not like this: not with the house just an afterimage, and my mom a spirit, and my dad...recycled." "Carter Kane, Chapter 41

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Dad, House

• It's just Annabeth mom jeez!

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Annabeth

• You said your mom is the goddess of balance," I reminded him. "The minor gods deserve better, Ethan, but total destruction isn't balance. Kronos doesn't build. He only destroys.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Deserve Better, Balance

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.233, Penguin UK

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