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“Stupides dieux des montagnes! hurla Léo. C’est la troisième fois que je remplace mon mât! Vous croyez que ça pousse sur les arbres ou quoi?
– Ben, répliqua Nico en fronçant les sourcils, les mâts sont faits avec des troncs d’arbre, non?
– C’est pas la question!”

The Blood of Olympus

“Frank attrapa un des pancakes, le roula et l’entama. Il n’était pas du genre à se laisser couper l’appétit par un risque de mort imminente.”

The House of Hades

“Bref, dit Frank, d’après mes cousins de Pylos, le dieu enchaîné qu’on doit trouver à Sparte est mon père. Enfin, Arès, pas Mars. Apparemment, les Spartiates gardaient dans leur ville une statue de lui couvert de chaînes pour que l’esprit de la guerre ne les quitte jamais.
– D’accord, dit Léo. Les Spartiates étaient grave zoum-zoum. En même temps, nous, avec la Victoire ficelée dans l’écurie, on peut pas la ramener.”

La Maison d'Hadès

“Annabeth se frotta les yeux en se demandant si elle rêvait toujours. – C’est une quatre fromages ?!”

The Blood of Olympus

“Exact, répondit Cécrops avec amertume, comme s’il regrettait ses décisions. Mes sujets étaient les premiers Athéniens, les gémeaux.
– Comme ton signe astrologique? demanda Percy. Moi je suis Lion.
– Mais non, dit Léo. Tu dois être Poissons, toi. Lion, c’est pour Léo.”

La Maison d'Hadès

Rick Riordan La Marque d'Athéna

The Blood of Olympus

Rick Riordan Citations

“Hello, Hazel Levesque.”

The Mark of Athena

“La connaissance ne s'offre pas. Elle se recherche et s'acquiert.”

Rick Riordan livre L'Ombre du serpent

The Serpent's Shadow

“Avance, avance, se disait-il. Cheeseburgers, lui répondait son estomac. La ferme, pensait-il. Avec des frites, gémissait son estomac.”

“Nico s’avança. – J’ai communiqué avec les morts hier soir. Il pouvait balancer ce genre de phrases comme ça, aussi facilement qu’il aurait dit : J’ai reçu un texto d’un pote.”

La Maison d'Hadès

“L’équipage se rassembla pour une réunion improvisée sur le pont avant, principalement parce que Percy surveillait un serpent de mer géant qui évoluait entre les vagues, à bâbord.
– Il est méchamment rouge, ce monstre, murmura Percy. Je me demande s’il est aromatisé grenadine?
– Si tu sautais à l’eau pour vérifier? lui lança Annabeth.
– Peut-être pas, nan.”

La Maison d'Hadès

“Fortunately, we did most of our athletic stuff inside, so we didn't have to jog through Tribeca looking like a bunch of boot-camp hippie children.”

The Blood of Olympus

“Di Immortales!”

Rick Riordan livre La Bataille du labyrinthe

The Battle of the Labyrinth

Rick Riordan: Citations en anglais

“True success requires sacrifice.”

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“He didn't think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be together.”

Rick Riordan La Marque d'Athéna

Variante: Good luck is a sham. True success requires sacrifice.
Source: The Mark of Athena

“Hey, why do pegasi gallop as they fly, anyway?"

Blackjack whinnied.”

Rick Riordan livre La Maison d'Hadès

Source: The House of Hades

“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.”

Rick Riordan livre The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“It was an annoying name to have. People tended to spell in Mangus, rhymes with Angus. I always corrected them:At which point they would stare at me blankly.”

Rick Riordan livre The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“So, destroy?" Cal asked. Clearly, the conversation was giving his two brain cells a serious workout.”

Rick Riordan livre The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

“There will be guards,” Bast said. “And traps. And alarms. You can bet the house is heavily charmed to keep out gods.”
“Magicians can do that?” I asked. I imagined a big can of pesticide labeled God-Away.”

Rick Riordan livre The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“The Death Mist is not for helping!" Akhlys shrieked. "It shrouds mortals in misery as their souls pass into the Underworld. It is the very breath of Tartarus, of death, of despair!"
"Awesome," Percy said. "Could we get two orders of that to go?”

Rick Riordan livre The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Nico drew his sword. His smile was even more unsettling than his scowl.

"Underground," he said. "My favorite place."

Underground wasJason's favorite place.”

Rick Riordan livre La Maison d'Hadès

Source: The House of Hades

“My name is Magnus Chase. I’m sixteen years old. This is the story of how my life went downhill after I got myself killed.”

Rick Riordan livre La Maison d'Hadès

Source: The House of Hades

“The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation.”

Rick Riordan livre The Sword of Summer

Source: The Sword of Summer

“The baboon is driving,” I noted. “Should I be worried?”

Rick Riordan livre The Titan's Curse

Source: The Titan's Curse

“And when demigods use cell phones, the signals agitate every monster within a hundred miles. It's like sending up a flare: Here I am! Please rearrange my face!”

Rick Riordan livre The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“So," Annabeth said, "are you going to argue about me coming along?"
"Nah. You'd just beat me up." Percy said.
She managed a laugh, which was good to hear”

Rick Riordan livre The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“Your voice is your identity.”

Rick Riordan livre The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“She (Annabeth) put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I (Percy) moved her fingers to the one spot that grounded me to my mortal life. A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body.”

Rick Riordan livre Le Sang de l'Olympe

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“Your mom is a rainbow goddess?"
"You got a problem with that?"
"No, no. Rainbows. Very macho.”

Rick Riordan livre The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“Nico wasn't sure whether to kick himself or Will Solace. If he hadn’t been so distracted bickering with the son of Apollo, he would never have allowed the enemy to get so close.”

Rick Riordan livre The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“Not all monsters were three-ton reptiles with poisonous breath. Many wore human faces.”

Rick Riordan livre Le Sang de l'Olympe

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.”

Rick Riordan livre The Hidden Oracle

Source: The Hidden Oracle

“I won't go looking for trouble. I usually don't have too.”

Rick Riordan livre The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs.”

Rick Riordan livre The Lightning Thief

Source: The Lightning Thief

“Percy grunted. ‘Probably something to do with that creep Octavian. Maybe he was so bad at telling the future that he broke Apollo’s powers.”

Rick Riordan livre The Titan's Curse

Variante: Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.
Source: The Titan's Curse

“Seven half-bloods shall answer the call
To storm or fire the world must fall
An oath to keep with a final breath
and foes bear arms to the doors of death”

Rick Riordan livre Le Sang de l'Olympe

Source: The Blood of Olympus

“So, great. This is Camp…what do you call it? Camp Fish-Blood?”
Aphros frowned. “I hope that was a joke. This is Camp __________.” He made a sound that was a series of sonar pings and hisses.”

Rick Riordan livre The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.”

Rick Riordan La Marque d'Athéna

Source: The Mark of Athena

“You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage”

Rick Riordan livre The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.”

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“He scowled at Jason. "And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again.”

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