The Burning Maze Quotes

“Remember what it's like to be human,”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Pain is an interesting thing. You think you have reached your limit and you can’t possibly feel more tortured. Then you discover there is still another level of agony. And another level after that.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Power makes good people uneasy rather than joyful or boastful. That’s why good people so rarely rise to power.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“It’s been my observation" I said, “that you humans are more than the sum of your history. You can choose how much of your ancestry to embrace. You can overcome the expectations of your family and your society. What you cannot do, and should never do, is try to be someone other than yourself–Piper McLean.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“The people who deserved to die took forever to do so. Those who deserved to live always went too soon.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Jason took me by the shoulders—not out of anger, or in a clinging way, but as a brother. “Promise me one thing. Whatever happens, when you get back to Olympus, when you’re a god again, remember. Remember what it’s like to be human.”
A few weeks ago, I would have scoffed. Why would I want to remember any of this?
At best, if I were lucky enough to reclaim my divine throne, I would recall this wretched experience like a scary B-movie that had finally ended. I would walk out of the cinema into the sunlight, thinking Phew! Glad that’s over.
Now, however, I had some inkling of what Jason meant. I had learned a lot about human frailty and human strength. I felt…different toward mortals, having been one of them. If nothing else, it would provide me with some excellent inspiration for new song lyrics!”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“I would be Apollo. I would remember.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“I'd tell you to say hello to Jason from me, but he'll be in Elysium. You . . . won't.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Promise me one thing. Whatever happens, when you get back to Olympus, when you’re a god again, remember. Remember what it’s like to be human.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“I wondered, not for the first time, why we Greek deities had never created a god of family therapy. We certainly could have used one. Or perhaps we had one before I was born, and she quit.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Unbelievable," I murmured. "After four thousand years, I am still discovering new things."
"Like how dumb you are," Meg volunteered.
"No."
"So you already knew that?”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Grover!" I yelled up. "You can drop me now, but don't worry. I have a - "
Grover dropped me.
Honestly, what sort of protector just drops you into a fire when you tell him it's okay to drop you into a fire?”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Like me, he had decided that Piper McLean would not die tonight. For some reason, he had decided that I must live too. He yelled again, 'GO! Remember!' (...)
While Jason's back was turned, Caligula wheeled about. He threw his spear, driving its point between Jason's shoulder blades. Piper screamed. Jason stiffened, his blue eyes wide in shock.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Jason sighed miserably. “That’s supposed to be my job. I’m always the one who gets knocked in the head.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“That little fire-flicker," she grumbled. "We search for months and he just shows up at camp?"
"Yes," I agreed. "There is a waiting list of people who would like to hit him. We can fit you in sometime next fall.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Satyrs aren't dryads, but we have roots, too. Camp Half Blood is mine.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“It struck me just how young he was—no more than seventeen. Older than my mortal form, yes, but not by much. This young man had lost his mother. He had survived the harsh training of Lupa the wolf goddess. He’d grown up with the discipline of the Twelfth Legion at Camp Jupiter. He’d fought Titans and giants. He’d helped save the world at least twice. But by mortal standards, he was barely an adult. He wasn’t old enough to vote or drink.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“The smallest seedlings, Demeter often told me, grow into century oaks.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“That’s nice. I like that. You’re sure you’re not the god of wisdom?”
“I applied for the job,” I said, “but they gave it to someone else. Something about inventing olives.” I rolled my eyes.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“No good news awaits
I warned you right at the start
Turn away, reader”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“To Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy,
I hope you're pleased with yourself”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“He had accepted that death meant death, the way Piper McLean had accepted that Oklahoma meant Oklahoma.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“The arrow buzzed, no doubt trying to access Wikipedia. It denies using the Internet. Perhaps, then, it’s just a coincidence the arrow is always more helpful when we are in an area with free Wi-Fi.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“I felt her story in every line: her struggle as the neglected child of a famous movie star; her mixed feelings about discovering she was a daughter of Aphrodite; most hurtful of all, her realization that the supposed love of her life, Jason Grace, was not someone she wanted to be with romantically.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Where's Jason?”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Die," I repeated.
"Yeah."
"Not disappear, not wouldn't come back, not suffer defeat."
"Nope. Die. Or more accurately, three letters, starts with D."
"Not dad then," I suggested. "Or dog.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“No.
I refuse to share this part of my story. It was the lowest, most humiliating, most awful week in my four-thousand plus years of life. Tragedy. Disaster. Heartbreak. I will not tell you about it.
Why are you still here? Go away.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Remember what it's like to be human.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“I had no idea how Annabeth Chase had figured out that the Daedalus command could be used on any automaton. Then again, she’d been able to redesign my palace on Mount Olympus with perfect acoustics and surround-sound speakers in the bathroom, so her cleverness shouldn’t have surprised me.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“Meg wiped her nose. “So you’re saying we need to find Caligula’s place and steal his shoes. While we’re there, can’t we just kill him?”
She asked this casually, like Can we stop by Target on the way home?
Hedge wagged his finger at McCaffrey. “See, now that’s a plan. I like this girl.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze