Truth Quote by Rick Riordan — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Which meant his only assets were one whiny imprisoned goddess, one sort-of-girlfriend with a dagger, and Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints.”

“He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffs…”

“The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.”

“Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?”

“Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge finds out- oh, gods, you've been here all night?”

“Stop!" Narcissus got to his feet. "This is not right! This person is obviously not awesome, so he must be..." He struggled for the right words. It had probably been a long time since he'd talked about anything other than himself. "He must be tricking us.”

“Behold the power of the truth. When people see its shadow on the wall, they don't want to take the time to look away.”

“People's lives take them strange places. They do strange things, and... well, sometimes they can't talk about them.”

“As observers of totalitarianism such as Victor Klemperer noticed, truth dies in four modes, all of which we have just witnessed.”

“It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.”

“Sometimes, to protect a secret we will say it so openly that most will not suspect the truth of what we are saying.”

“Maybe it's just that some of us have had certain facts and truths slapped up against our heads so hard and so often that we have to see them and pay our respects to their reality.”