Olympus QUOTES

1 " There are few things more mysterious than endings. I mean, for example, when did the Greek gods end, exactly? Was there a day when Zeus waved magisterially down from Olympus and Aphrodite and her lover Ares, and her crippled husband Hephaestus ) I always felt sorry for him), and all the rest got rolled up like a worn-out carpet? "

― Salley Vickers

2 " Hades allowed himself the faintest smile, but there was nothing cruel in his eyes.
‘I can entertain the possibility that you acted for multiple reasons. My point is this: you and I rose to the aid of Olympus because you convinced me to let go of my anger. I would encourage you to do likewise. My children are so rarely happy. I … I would like to see you be an exception.’
Nico stared at his father. He didn’t know what to do with that statement. He could accept many unreal things – hordes of ghosts, magical labyrinths, travel through shadows, chapels made of bones. But tender words from the Lord of the Underworld?
No. That made no sense. "

― Rick Riordan , The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)

3 " Eustacia Vye was the raw material of a divinity. On Olympus she would have done well with a little preparation. She had the passions and instincts which make a model goddess, that is, those which make not quite a model woman. Had it been possible for the earth and mankind to be entirely in her grasp for a while, she had handled the distaff, the spindle, and the shears at her own free will, few in the world would have noticed the change of government. There would have been the same inequality of lot, the same heaping up of favors here, of contumely there, the same generosity before justice, the same perpetual dilemmas, the same captious alteration of caresses and blows that we endure now. "

― Thomas Hardy , The Return of the Native

4 " It was no wonder they thought us to be immortal––our nightly celebrations put Olympus to shame. "

5 " Nico di Angelo came into Olympus to a hero's welcome, his father right behind him, despite the fact that Hades was only supposed to visit Olympus in winter solstice. The God of the dead looked stunned when his relatives clapped him on the back. I doubt he'd ever got such an enthusiastic welcome before. "

― Rick Riordan , The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)

6 " As Mr. R. U. Sayee has well said: 'It should be clear a priori that fairy lore must have developed as a result of modifications and accretions received in different countries and at many periods, though we must not overlook the part played by tradition in providing a mould that to some extent determines the nature of later additions.' It must also be self-evident that a great deal of confusion has been caused by the assumption that some spirit-types were fairies which in a more definite sense are certainly not of elfin provenance. In some epochs, indeed, Faerie appears to have been regarded as a species of limbo to which all 'pagan' spirits - to say nothing of defeated gods, monsters, and demons - could be banished, along with the personnel of Olympus and the rout of witchcraft. Such types, however, are usually fairly easy of detection. "

― Lewis Spence , British Fairy Origins

7 " Is Tyson okay?" I asked.The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though " peanut butter" is a strange battle cry." You let him fight?" Stop changing the subject! You realize what you are asking me to do? My palace will be destroyed." And Olympus might be saved." Do you have any idea how long I've worked on remodeling this palace? The game room alone took six hundred years." Dad—" Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works." I am praying. I'm talking to you, right?" Oh . . . yes. Good point. "

8 " I tried to imagine how things could get much worse. The gods were in the Midwest fighting a huge monster that had almost defeated them once before. Poseidon was under siege and losing a war against the sea Titan Oceanus.
Kronos was still out there somewhere. Olympus was virtually undefended. The demigods of Camp Half-Blood were on our own with a spy in our midst.
Oh, and according to the ancient prophecy, I was going to die when I turned sixteen—which happened to be in five days, the exact same time Typhon was supposed to hit New York. Almost forgot that. "

― Rick Riordan , The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)

9 " 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! "

10 " That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature. "

― Rick Riordan

11 " Hades," Kronos growled. " I hope you and the ladies have come to pledge your allegiance." " I'm afraid not." Hades sighed. " My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies." He glanced at me with distaste. " As much as I dislike certainupstart demigods, it would not do for Olympus to fall. I would miss bickering with my siblings. And if there is one thing we agree on—it is that you were a TERRIBLE father. "