26 Percy Jackson Quotes for Every Fans

1. “Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.”

2. “Gods—the forces you call the Greek gods—are very much alive.”

3. “Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.”

4. “Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood.”

5. “Even strength has to bow to wisdom sometimes.”

6. “Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.”

7. “In a way, it’s nice to know that there are Greek gods out 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 divine force is really trying to mess up your day.”

8. “Come now, Percy. What you call ‘Western civilization.’ Do you think it’s just an abstract concept? No, it’s a living force. A collective consciousness that has burned bright for thousands of years.”

9. “If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”

10. “I looked at them both, and felt really grateful. Only a few minutes before, I’d almost gotten them stretched to death on deluxe water beds, and now they were trying to be brave for my sake, trying to make me feel better.”

11. “If you’re reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe what-ever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life. Being a half-blood is dangerous. It’s scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways.”

12. “I’d stay here, happy forever, playing games forever, and soon I’d forget my mom, and my quest, and maybe even my own name.”

13. “The real world is where the monsters are.”

14. “The sea does not like to be restrained. ”

15. “Suspecting and knowing are not the same.”

16. “I imagined she was going to say, ‘You killed a Minotaur!’ or ‘Wow, you’re so awesome!’ or something like that. Instead she said, ‘You drool when you sleep.’”

17. “With great power…comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”

18. “Deadlines just aren’t real to me until I’m staring one in the face.”

19. “Ah, that would be my pen. Please bring your own writing utensil in the future, Mr. Jackson.”

20. “She’d also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.”

21. "Family, Luke. You promised."

22. “I moved back into cabin three, but it didn’t feel so lonely anymore. I had my friends to train with during the day. At night, I lay awake and listened to the sea, knowing my father was out there. Maybe he wasn’t quite sure about me yet, maybe he hadn’t even wanted me born, but he was watching. And so far, he was proud of what I’d done.”

23. “‘So if the gods fight,’ I said, ‘will things line up the way they did with the Trojan War? Will it be Athena versus Poseidon?’ She put her head against the backpack Ares had given us, and closed her eyes. ‘I don’t know what my mom will do. I just know I’ll fight next to you.’ ‘Why?” ‘Because you’re my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?’”

24. “I thought maybe Annabeth and I both had the right idea. Even here in the Underworld, everybody—even monsters—needed a little attention once in a while.”

25. “‘Safety from what? Who’s after me?’ ‘Oh, nobody much,’ Grover said, obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. ‘Just the Lord of the Dead and a few of his blood-thirstiest minions.’”

26. “I didn’t understand how. But the toilets had responded to me. I had become one with the plumbing.”