More quotes by Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

"Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?"
"Right,"Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death."
"To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust."
"Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet.""You'll be just as annoying?"I guessed.He fixed my with those warm brown eyes. "Or perhaps you could bring me up to speed on those modern courtship rituals."I sat there stunned until he gave me a glimpse of a smile-just enough to let me know he was teasing. Then he disappeared."Oh, very funny!"I yelled."
"I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done."