"That is correct," Zeus said. "The blood of Olympus was spilled. She is fully conscious.""Oh, come on!" Percy complained. "I get a little nosebleed and I wake up the entire earth? That's not fair!"

Irony, Humor, Truth, Power, Regret

30

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"That is correct," Zeus said. "The blood of Olympus was spilled. She is fully conscious.""Oh, come on!" Percy complained. "I get a little nosebleed and I wake up the entire earth? That's not fair!"

Exlpore more Irony quotes

"The funny part of being funny is when you start seeing your fans writing funny words and attributing them to you."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Irony, Humor, Fame, Identity

"I can barely read my hand written notes, typed."

J.R. Rim, American Author

Irony, Humor, Writing, Observation

"A tree fears an axe even though its handle is made from it."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Irony, Tree, Axe, Handle, Fear

"As the ironist does not have the new within his power, it might be asked how he destroys the old, and to this it must be answered: he destroys the given actuality by the given actuality itself."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Irony, Change, Reality, Transformation

"Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat."

Mark Twain, American Author

Irony, Pity, Fate, Opportunity

"The laugh left a bitter taste in our mouths, but we laughed out all the same."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Irony, Laughter, Sadness

"A drunken but exceedingly depressed German clown from Munich entertained the public."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Irony, Entertainment, Depression, Life

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Irony, Humor, Truth, Power, Happiness

"Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Irony, Time, Desire, Life

"Happiness is a big joke, let us laugh at it loud."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Irony, Happiness, Laughter, Emotion

Explore more quotes by Rick Riordan

"Leo grabbed the neasrest thing he could find- a Porta-Potty seat- and threw it at the face. Leve me alone!"

Conflict

"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."

Love

"Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually."

Behavior

"To call the place an anthill would be like calling the Versailles Palace a single-family home. Earthen ramparts rose almost to the tops of the surrounding trees--a hundred feet at least. The circumference could have accommodated a Roman hippodrome. A steady stream of soldiers and drones swarmed in and out of the mound. Some carried fallen trees. One, inexplicably, was dragging a 1967 Chevy Impala."

Truth

"I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing."

Courage

"Percy blinked. "So your brother is a winged horse. But you're also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in the world are my. You know what? Lets' forget it."

Family

"Poseidon held out his arms and gave me a hug. I realized, a little embarrassed, that I'd never actually hugged my dad before. He was warm-like a regular human-and he smelled of a salty beach and fresh sea air."

Family

"What's the best part of being in Hermes cabin?Connor: You are never lonely. I mean seriously, new kids are always coming in. So you always have someone to talk to.Travis: Or prank.Connor: Or pickpocket. One big happy family."

Friendship

"This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or...""Repair boy.""Very funny, Piper."

Identity

"He'd learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side of things. After Tyson the Cyclops adopted him as a brother, Percy decided that that was about as far as he wanted to extend the family."

Relationship