Rick Riordan Quotes

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.

Tiny, the next time that you try to set me up with a girl with a secret boyfriend can you at least INFORM me that she has a secret boyfriend? Also, if you don't call me back within five minutes, I'm going to assume you found a way back to Evanston. Furthermore, you are an asshat. That is all.

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

I treat everyone as a friend, but if they betray me, that's it. They're out of my life in one way or another.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

I tend to be a person who starts with the presumption that I should trust you until you abuse the privilege, and then our relationship is forever changed. That's a very big line, and chances are it's not going to work if it's crossed. I warn people that this is how I'm going to deal with it.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

I remember I had a fight with my friend when I touched a boy for the first time and I didn't tell her. She got mad with me, not because I didn't tell her but because I'd done it in the first place.

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.

I've had teammates I didn't get along with, who hasn't? I've never had a teammate call me a bad guy, while he was my teammate, and if he did when I was gone what kind of teammate was he anyway?

Family matters should be that and stay in the family.

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

Without a commitment to privacy, respect, love, friendship and trust are simply inconceivable.

...if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

I think relationships are the one area you should keep private, because there's nothing worse than people talking about them.

You can never maintain a friendship if you don't tell the truth, even if it hurts.

He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much that they do not think of him.

I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.

You'd tell the world what your best friend wore to sleep if you thought it made a good enough story.

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

I would never put my close friends or a real relationship on a show.

To put as little pressure on the relationship you're in is very important.

I work in a strange business, and 'trust' is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.