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"The sign was spray-painted in Arabic and English, probably from some attempt by the farmer to sell his wares in the market. The English read: Dates-best price. Cold Bebsi.
"Bebsi?" I asked.
"Pepsi," Walt said. "I read about it on the Internet. There's no 'p' in Arabic. Everyone here calls the soda Bebsi."
"So you have to have Bebsi with your bizza?"
"Brobably."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Felix believed that the answer to every problem involved penguins; but it wasn't fair to birds, and I was getting tired of teleporting them back home. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"That sounded about as likely as Apophis and Ra becoming Facebook buddies, but I decided not to say anything."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Sadie, I can't intervene." He turned up his palms in frustration. "I told you when we first met, this isn't an actual physical body."
"Shame," I mumbled.
"What?"
"Nothing. Go on."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"You're Bes, I guess?" I said.
"Yes," he said.
"Your car's a mess," Liz muttered.
"If one more person rhymes," Emma grumbled, "I'll throw up."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Carter, not to be unkind," I said, "but the last few months you've been seeing messages about Zia everywhere. Two weeks ago, you thought she was sending you a distress call in your mashed potatoes."
"It was a Z! Carved right in the potatoes!"
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I didn't answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Then there were the shabti, magical figurines that were supposed to come to life when summoned. A few months ago, I'd fallen for a girl named Zia Rashid, who'd turned out to be a shabti. Falling in love for the first time had been hard enough. But when the girl you like turns out to be ceramic and cracks to pieces before your eyes—well, it gives "breaking your heart" a new meaning."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"The world may need fixing, but it's worth preserving."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I'm sorry I can't do more. But happy birthday, Sadie."
He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I thought she'd make some comment about the bloodthirsty gods chasing us, but when she finally found her voice, she said, "That boy kissed you!"
Leave it to Liz to have her priorities straight."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Now, you'll have to answer my questions."
"Oh, very well," Set said. "I like Brazil for the World Cup. I'd advise investing in platinum and small-cap funds. And your lucky numbers this week are 2, 13--"
"Not those questions!" Menshikov snapped."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Our camels plodded along. Katrina tried to kiss, or possibly spit on Hindenburg, and Hindenburg farted in response. I found this a depressing commentary on boy-girl relationships."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I sat up and the blankets fell away.I looked down and found I was wearing pokemon pajamas.
"Sadie,"I said,"I'm going to kill you."
She batted her eyes innocently."But the street merchant gave us a very good deal on those.Walt said they would fit you."
Walt raised his hand."Don't blame me,man.I tried to stick up for you."
Bes snorted,then did a pretty good imitation of Walt's voice:"At least get the extra-large ones with Pikachu."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I looked across the river to Manhattan. It was a great view. When Sadie and I had first arrived at Brooklyn House, Amos had told us that magicians tried to stay out of Manhattan. He said Manhattan had other problems--whatever that meant. And sometimes when I looked across the water, I could swear I was seeing things. Sadie laughed about it, but once I thought I saw a flying horse. Probably just the mansion's magic barriers causing optical illusions, but still, it was weird."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Don't get starry-eyed about somebody you can't have, especially if it blinds you to somebody who's really important."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I
prefer to be the noisiest thing in my environment thank you very much."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I named my camel Katrina. She was a natural disaster. She slobbered everywhere and seemed to think the purple streak in my hair was some kind of exotic fruit. She was obsessed with trying to eat my head. I named Walt's camel Hindenburg. He was almost as large as a zeppelin and definitely as full of gas."
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"Then, finally, we were ready to charge in and save Sadie, and she rides up in a limousine driven by an ugly dwarf in a swimsuit, and she accuses us of being late.
So when she told us the dwarf was driving us to Russia, I was like, "Whatever." And I got into the car."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"We were halfway back to the fireplace when Set caught us by surprise.
He was going on with his list of ridiculous ingredients: "And snakeskins. Yes, three large ones, with a sprinkling of hot sauce--" Then he stopped abruptly, like he'd had a revelation. He spoke in a much louder voice, calling across the room. "And a sacrificial victim would be good! Maybe a young idiot magician who can't do a proper invisibility spell, like CARTER KANE over there!"
Menshikov stared right at me. "My, my... how kind of you to deliver yourselves. Well done, Set."
"Hmm?" Set asked innocently. "Do we have visitors?"
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I should've been very cross with Anubis. Kissing me without permission—the nerve!"
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Contrary to what you might think, I don't spend every waking hour thinking about boys."
"Just most waking hours?"
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"We choose to believe in Ma'at. We create order out of chaos, beauty out of ugly randomness. That's what Egypt is all about."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"Two farewell gifts," Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life."
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

"I guess we're even,Sadie.First,Walt and I rushed off to save you in London.Then,you and Walt rushed off to save me.The only one who got shafted on both deals was Walt.Poor guy gets hauled all over the world pulling us out of trouble"
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

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