Chiron Quotes

“It's him," I said. "Typhon."
I was seriously hoping Chiron would say something good, like 'No, that's our huge friend Leroy! He's going to help us!”
― Rick Riordan

“Argh!" Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the water. Some of the campers gasped. A couple of the Hunters stifled laughs.
"Sorry!" Thalia said, turning pale. "I didn't mean to—"
Anger roared in my ears. A wave erupted from the creek, blasting into Thalia's face and dousing her from head to toe.
I stood up. "Yeah," I growled. "I didn't mean to, either."
Thalia was breathing heavily.
"Enough!" Chiron ordered.
But Thalia held out her spear. "You want some, Seaweed Brain?"
Somehow, it was okay when Annabeth called me that — at least, I'd gotten used to it — but hearing it from Thalia was not cool.
"Bring it on, Pinecone Face!”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited to
school for Career Day.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“If I had my way," Dionysus said, "I would cause your molecules to erupt in flames. We'd sweep up the ashes and be done with a lot of trouble. But Chiron seems to feel this would be against my mission at this cursed camp: to keep you little brats safe from harm."
"Spontaneous combustion is a form of harm, Mr. D," Chiron put in.
"Nonsense," Dionysus said. "Boy wouldn't feel a thing. Nevertheless, I've agreed to restrain myself. I'm thinking of turning you into a dolphin instead, sending you back to your father.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Percy says be talked to a Nereid in Charleston Harbor!”
“Good for him!” Leo yelled back.
“The Nereid said we should seek help from Chiron’s brothers.”
“What does that mean? The Party Ponies?” Leo had never met Chiron’s crazy centaur relatives, but he’d heard rumors of Nerf sword-fights, root beer-chugging contests, and Super Soakers filled with pressurized whipped cream.
“Not sure,” Annabeth said. “But I’ve got coordinates. Can you input latitude and longitude in this thing?”
“I can input star charts and order you a smoothie, if you want. Of course I can do latitude and longitude!”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

“But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously at the sky. The clouds didn't seem to be parting around us, as Grover had promised. They were rolling straight over our valley, sealing us in like a coffin lid.

Er, Percy ...?" Grover said. "We don't use the c-word to describe the Lord of the Sky.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“But how did you know where we were?" Annabeth asked.

Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide

“Chiron, I don't think the attic is the proper place for our new Oracle, do you?"
"No, indeed." Chiron looked a lot better now that Apollo had worked some medical magic on him. "Rachel may use a guest room in the Big House for now, until we give the matter more thought."
"I'm thinking a cave in the hills," Apollo mused. "With torches and a big purple curtain over the entrance . . . really mysterious. But inside, a totally decked-out pad with a game room and one of those home theater systems.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“And there, shimmering in the Mist right next to us, was the last person I wanted to see: Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. He looked up lazily. "Do you mind?"

Where's Chiron!" I shouted.

How rude." Mr. D took a swig from a jug of grape juice. "Is that how you say hello?"

Hello," I amended. "We're about to die! Where's Chiron?”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“I hate to tell you this,” Jason said, “but I think your leopard just ate a goddess.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

“What was I thinking?" Chiron cried. " I can't let you get away without this."
He pulled a pen from his coat pocket. It was an ordinary disposable ballpoint, black ink, removable cap. Probably thirty cents.
Gee," I said. "Thanks."
Percy, that's a gift from your father. I've kept it for years, not knowing you were who I was waiting for. But the profecy is clear to me now. You are the one.
I remembered the feild trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, when I'd vaporized Mrs. Dodds. Chiron had thrown me a pen that turned into a sword. Could this be...?
I took off the cap, and the pen grew longer and heavier in my hand. In half a second, I held a shimmering bronze sword with a double-edged blade, a leather=wrapped grip, and a flat hilt riveted with gold studs. It was the first weapon that actually felt balanced in my hands.
The sword has a long and tragic history that we need not go into," Chiron told me. "It's name is Anaklusmos."
Riptide," I translated, surprised the Ancient Greek came so easily.
Use it only for emergencies" Chiron said, "and only against monsters No hero should harm mortals unless absolutely, of course, but this sword wouldn't harm them in any case.”
― Rick Riordan

“Chiron reminds us that only through recognising and accepting our inner wounds can we find true healing.”
― Lisa Tenzin-Dolma

“Out of every tragedy, " he said, "comes new strength.”
― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

“Chiron looked surprised. “I thought that would be obvious enough. The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal. Monsters never die. They are reborn from the chaos and barbarism that is always bubbling underneath civilization, the very stuff that makes Kronos stronger. They must be defeated again and again, kept at bay. Heroes embody that struggle. You fight the battles humanity must win, every generation, in order to stay human.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Meg gawked. “He—he really is a centaur.”
“Well spotted,” I said. “I suppose the lower body of a horse is what gave him away?”
She punched me in the arm.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Annabeth and Grover helped me search the woods for hours, but there was no sign of Nico di Angelo.
“We have to tell Chiron,” Annabeth said, out of breath.
“No,” I said.
She and Grover both stared at me.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“But you were the one who really taught him healing,' Achilles said.
'I was.'
'You do not mind that the snake gets all the credit?'
Chiron's teeth showed through his dark beard. A smile. 'No, Achilles, I do not mind.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“You can play with your flamethrower later.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“But you were the one who really taught him healing," Achilles said.
"I was."
"You do not mind that the snake gets all the credit?"
Chiron's teeth showed through his dark beard. A smile. "No, Achilles, I do not mind.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“You'll do well, Percy. Just remember your strengths and beware your weaknesses.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“He'd been raised and trained by Chiron himself, the famous centaur who taught all the best Greek heroes. (Cough, me, cough.)”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

“Chirone amava insegnare non attraverso lezioni vere e proprie ma attraverso le opportunità che si presentavano di volta in volta.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,' Chiron said. 'And perhaps it is a greater grief, after all, to be left on earth, when another is gone. Do you think?'
'Perhaps,' Achilles admitted.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Chiron had once said that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. 'No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I guess that was nice of Chiron, for the dogs' sake, but it kind of makes me wonder if he's got a Percy Jackson scarecrow stuffed into a closet somewhere for emergencies. I'm not sure I want to know.”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

“I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. I wondered how many times he'd sat here, waiting for heroes that never came back.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“She glanced back at Chiron for guidance, but the centaur stood grim and silent as if he were watching a play he couldn’t interrupt — a tragedy that ended with a lot of people dead onstage.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

“Brunner took one sad look at the stele, like he'd been at this girl's funeral.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief