Rick Riordan Quotes

A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve.

Where was the catch? 'Cause I knew one was coming.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?

I'm scared of actors with a scheme.

I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.

Secrecy necessarily breeds suspicion.

A secret process is inherently suspect.

Keep an eye on him who enters announcing that what he asks is secret

Never trust anyone without a vested interest.

I already smell some rats.

If someone tells you over and over that everything's great, you immediately think, 'OK, what's the rest of the story?'

You've just got to be wary around people. You don't know what they want from you. Just in L.A., people have questionable motives. Everybody's kind of got an angle. You've got to be aware of that.

The idea I'd been toying with fully formed in my mind. "I'm plotting." "oh?" His mouth curved in a wicked grin. "Do Tell." Chapter 5 pg. 50

Very often, I'm part of the deception because the way I play things is that I want you to be able to look back and go, "Oh, my god, I didn't see that at the time, but now it all makes sense," and you want to watch it a second time with the benefit of hindsight.

You're up to something," I said. He turned, eyes wide, long fingers pressed to his heart. "Moi?" "Yeah, you.

Derek picked the spot? Had he been hoping I'd be blinded by the morning sun and stumble off the edge?

The Enemy, who wears her mother's usual face and confidential tone, has access; doubtless stares into her writing case and listens on the phone.

They all laid their heads together like as many lawyers when they are gettin' ready to prove that a man's heirs ain't got any right to his property.

Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it.

We are uneasy with an affectionate man, for we are positive he wants something of us, particularly our love.

She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll do if she finds out you could ruin her plans." Frizz's eyebrows rose. "So let me get this straight, Aya-chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" "We need another plan," Hiro said.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

Why didn't you guess this would happen?" Elayne demanded. He looked at her, expressionless. One side of his mouth twitched up, then he pulled his hat down, shading his eyepatch. "Light," Elayne said. "You knew. You spent this whole week planning with us, and you knew the entire time you'd throw it out with the dishwater.