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David Eddings quotes: I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine.
David Eddings quotes: As long as I know that my motives are good, I'm Seldom very concerned with the opinions of others.-Mandorallen, Baron of Vo Mandor. As long as I know that my motives are good, I'm Seldom very concerned with the opinions of others.
-Mandorallen, Baron of Vo Mandor.
David Eddings quotes: Love can show itself in many strange ways, Love can show itself in many strange ways,
David Eddings quotes: Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy. Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.
David Eddings quotes: Little jobs require little men, and it's the little jobs that keep a kingdom running. Little jobs require little men, and it's the little jobs that keep a kingdom running.
David Eddings quotes: As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head. As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.
David Eddings quotes: Refusing to talk about something wouldn't make it go away. If it was there, it was there, and no amount of verbal acrobatics could make it go away. Refusing to talk about something wouldn't make it go away. If it was there, it was there, and no amount of verbal acrobatics could make it go away.
David Eddings quotes: The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored. The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored.
David Eddings quotes: The table quite literally groaned under its weight of roasted game, The table quite literally groaned under its weight of roasted game,
David Eddings quotes: Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan. Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.
David Eddings quotes: It keeps him happy, Dahlaine, and happy people are nicer than gloomy ones. Haven't you noticed that before? It keeps him happy, Dahlaine, and happy people are nicer than gloomy ones. Haven't you noticed that before?
David Eddings quotes: All I knew was that I would die if he sent me away. He shrugged. You can cut a man's heart out with a shrug, did you know that? All I knew was that I would die if he sent me away. He shrugged. You can cut a man's heart out with a shrug, did you know that?
David Eddings quotes: I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story. I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.
David Eddings quotes: Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose. Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose.
David Eddings quotes: I want a sword not a knitting needle-Kalen I want a sword not a knitting needle
-Kalen
David Eddings quotes: I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying.- Prince Kheldar of Drasnia I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying.
- Prince Kheldar of Drasnia
David Eddings quotes: Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale. Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale.
David Eddings quotes: One does one's best" - Silk One does one's best" - Silk
David Eddings quotes: You're a cynic," Urgit accused.Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist. You're a cynic," Urgit accused.
Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.
David Eddings quotes: Vanity's ridiculous, be we all fall prey to it from time to time. Vanity's ridiculous, be we all fall prey to it from time to time.
David Eddings quotes: Wise are you, indeed ... to know what is not possible ... Wise are you, indeed ... to know what is not possible ...
David Eddings quotes: If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly. If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.
David Eddings quotes: Call it my little gesture toward social conscience, but I like to think I'm teaching a certain number of people to read. Now that sounds pretentious! Call it my little gesture toward social conscience, but I like to think I'm teaching a certain number of people to read. Now that sounds pretentious!
David Eddings quotes: Because they were both young, she was intolerant and he was stubborn. Because they were both young, she was intolerant and he was stubborn.
David Eddings quotes: Doesn't make any sense, he said. It was all he could do, however, to keep from throwing the dreadful sheet into Doesn't make any sense, he said. It was all he could do, however, to keep from throwing the dreadful sheet into
David Eddings quotes: Bheid and Leitha, but he didn't say anything. Bheid and Leitha, but he didn't say anything.
David Eddings quotes: Watch out for snakes,' Durnik called after him. Watch out for snakes,' Durnik called after him.
David Eddings quotes: God save us from religion. God save us from religion.
David Eddings quotes: Is it my birthday again? Already? Where does the time go?""Behind us or in front. It depends on which way you are looking. Is it my birthday again? Already? Where does the time go?"
"Behind us
or in front. It depends on which way you are looking.
David Eddings quotes: I've seen hopeless wars won before. If you give in to despair before you begin, you'll have no chance at all. I've seen hopeless wars won before. If you give in to despair before you begin, you'll have no chance at all.
David Eddings quotes: We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then.Beldin We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then.
Beldin
David Eddings quotes: Degrur, that doesn't make any sense at all." "I just woke up, Degrur, that doesn't make any sense at all." "I just woke up,
David Eddings quotes: We are all children, Kheldar.--Cyradis We are all children, Kheldar.
--Cyradis
David Eddings quotes: Don't throw good ideas away until you've considered all of your options. Don't throw good ideas away until you've considered all of your options.
David Eddings quotes: The quality of student work has definitely gone downhill since they discontinued the use of the whipping post.-Silk The quality of student work has definitely gone downhill since they discontinued the use of the whipping post.
-Silk
David Eddings quotes: It's the way of kings. It's the way of kings.
David Eddings quotes: But in time the night, as all nights must, came to an end, and the morning dawned clear and bright. But in time the night, as all nights must, came to an end, and the morning dawned clear and bright.
David Eddings quotes: I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature. I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.
David Eddings quotes: I made some more threats. I've got this big knife back here." He poked his thumb over his shoulder. "It attracts a lot of attention sometimes. I made some more threats. I've got this big knife back here." He poked his thumb over his shoulder. "It attracts a lot of attention sometimes.
David Eddings quotes: A day in which you learn something isn't a complete loss. A day in which you learn something isn't a complete loss.
David Eddings quotes: Just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean that you should. Just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean that you should.
David Eddings quotes: Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous.""Who made up that rule?""It's a known fact ... Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous."
"Who made up that rule?"
"It's a known fact ...
David Eddings quotes: He can come up with the most exotic things I've ever seen or heard of every time he blinks his eyes. He can come up with the most exotic things I've ever seen or heard of every time he blinks his eyes.
David Eddings quotes: Some stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Other stories never end, maybe because they're alive. Some stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Other stories never end, maybe because they're alive.
David Eddings quotes: The dullest man in the world is charming beyond belief when he's pouring gold coins from one hand to the other. The dullest man in the world is charming beyond belief when he's pouring gold coins from one hand to the other.
David Eddings quotes: Life's much more pleasing when you don't have to spend all of your time thinking. Life's much more pleasing when you don't have to spend all of your time thinking.
David Eddings quotes: Do you ever plan to grow up, Veltan?" he asked."Not if I can avoid it, no. Do you ever plan to grow up, Veltan?" he asked.

"Not if I can avoid it, no.
David Eddings quotes: Just because I love her, it doesn't mean that I love you less. Just because I love her, it doesn't mean that I love you less.
David Eddings quotes: Then you've learned something today. No day in which you learn something is a complete loss. Then you've learned something today. No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
David Eddings quotes: When love is involved no sacrifice is too great. When love is involved no sacrifice is too great.
David Eddings quotes: I'm never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature. I'm never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature.
David Eddings quotes: Mad with terror, many even leaped into the deadly water of the river. 'We're not going to be able to get through that mob, Polgara,' Barak said. Mad with terror, many even leaped into the deadly water of the river. 'We're not going to be able to get through that mob, Polgara,' Barak said.
David Eddings quotes: I taught in a small teacher's college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didn't. I taught in a small teacher's college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didn't.
David Eddings quotes: No matter how professional soldiers might be, an avoided battle was always good news. No matter how professional soldiers might be, an avoided battle was always good news.
David Eddings quotes: You've been away from home too long if you can get lost on the way from the harbor to the palace. You've been away from home too long if you can get lost on the way from the harbor to the palace.
David Eddings quotes: Trust me. - Silk Trust me. - Silk
David Eddings quotes: We was doing a lot of what our officers called "maneuvering" - which is officer talk for running We was doing a lot of what our officers called "maneuvering" - which is officer talk for running
David Eddings quotes: Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut. Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.
David Eddings quotes: Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait. Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.
David Eddings quotes: Women are almost always angry with men for one reason or another. It's one of things you'll have to get used to, as you get older. Women are almost always angry with men for one reason or another. It's one of things you'll have to get used to, as you get older.
David Eddings quotes: Will you never grow up?""I doubt it, and I certainly hope not. Will you never grow up?"
"I doubt it, and I certainly hope not.
David Eddings quotes: Fear's a part of life, Mandorallen, and it's the only life we have. Fear's a part of life, Mandorallen, and it's the only life we have.
David Eddings quotes: If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own. If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.
David Eddings quotes: I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed.I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have. I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed.
I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have.
David Eddings quotes: The Orb is not of itself evil. Evil is a thing that lies only in the hearts and minds of menand of Gods, also.Aldur The Orb is not of itself evil. Evil is a thing that lies only in the hearts and minds of men
and of Gods, also.
Aldur
David Eddings quotes: Water....I'm thirsty not dirty. Water....I'm thirsty not dirty.
David Eddings quotes: We all live as long as we need to. It just happened that I have something to do that's taken a very long time. We all live as long as we need to. It just happened that I have something to do that's taken a very long time.
David Eddings quotes: I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it. I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.
David Eddings quotes: A man should never miss an opportunity to keep his mouth shut. A man should never miss an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
David Eddings quotes: Wise are you, indeed," the fox said, "to know what is not possible before you have made the attempt. Wise are you, indeed," the fox said, "to know what is not possible before you have made the attempt.
David Eddings quotes: Small female children. They're devious, but they're prettier than sons, and they smell better. (The Spirit of the Prophecy to Garion) Small female children. They're devious, but they're prettier than sons, and they smell better. (The Spirit of the Prophecy to Garion)
David Eddings quotes: When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom. When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.
David Eddings quotes: It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache? It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache?
David Eddings quotes: It's the nature of man to ask questions.Belgarath It's the nature of man to ask questions.
Belgarath
David Eddings quotes: You're going to keep making these mistakes as long as you keep carrying your brain in the same scabbard with your sword, Lelldorin. You're going to keep making these mistakes as long as you keep carrying your brain in the same scabbard with your sword, Lelldorin.
David Eddings quotes: If you can't do something about a situation, there's no point in worrying about it. If you can't do something about a situation, there's no point in worrying about it.
David Eddings quotes: As he grew, the other children grew as well - all except poor Doroon, who seemed doomed to be short and skinny all his life. Rundorig As he grew, the other children grew as well - all except poor Doroon, who seemed doomed to be short and skinny all his life. Rundorig
David Eddings quotes: Priests are pretty much the same the world over. They seem to feel that their exclusive contact with God gives them a certain job security. Priests are pretty much the same the world over. They seem to feel that their exclusive contact with God gives them a certain job security.
David Eddings quotes: You're impossible," she told him. "Of course I am," he answered. "It's part of my charm. You're impossible," she told him.
"Of course I am," he answered. "It's part of my charm.
David Eddings quotes: Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' Garion Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.'
Garion
David Eddings quotes: The only reason there's such a thing as a morning in the first place is to keep night and afternoon from bumping into each other.-Kheldar The only reason there's such a thing as a morning in the first place is to keep night and afternoon from bumping into each other.
-Kheldar
David Eddings quotes: Who owns a man, Durnik?" the blond young man asked sadly. "The one who rules him, or the one who pays him? Who owns a man, Durnik?" the blond young man asked sadly. "The one who rules him, or the one who pays him?
David Eddings quotes: Don't be afraid to discard work you know isn't up to standard. Don't save junk, just because it took you a long time to write it. Don't be afraid to discard work you know isn't up to standard. Don't save junk, just because it took you a long time to write it.
David Eddings quotes: That's the nature of a fat man, Ce'Nedra." He sighed. "The last meal is history. It's the next one that's important. That's the nature of a fat man, Ce'Nedra." He sighed. "The last meal is history. It's the next one that's important.
David Eddings quotes: Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire life? Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire life?
David Eddings quotes: It's only a story, isn't it?" ... "Who's to say what's only a story and what's truth disguised as a story? It's only a story, isn't it?" ...
"Who's to say what's only a story and what's truth disguised as a story?
David Eddings quotes: Is it? If somebody forces you to do something and there's no possible way to avoid it, is it really sin? Is it? If somebody forces you to do something and there's no possible way to avoid it, is it really sin?
David Eddings quotes: He had performed that last service that a man can perform for a friend - he had told the truth about him. He had performed that last service that a man can perform for a friend - he had told the truth about him.
David Eddings quotes: You'll fight with each other, of course, but never go to sleep angry. That was always my mistake. You'll fight with each other, of course, but never go to sleep angry. That was always my mistake.
David Eddings quotes: You're going to be a father. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll throw up again. You're going to be a father. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll throw up again.
David Eddings quotes: Does bouncing count? -- Silk, The Belgariad Does bouncing count? -- Silk, The Belgariad
David Eddings quotes: You'd think that the people who worshiped the real true God would have better sense. You'd think that the people who worshiped the real true God would have better sense.
David Eddings quotes: The whole world is beautiful, Belgarion' Eriond assured him in response to that unspoken thought. 'You just have to know how to look at it The whole world is beautiful, Belgarion' Eriond assured him in response to that unspoken thought. 'You just have to know how to look at it
David Eddings quotes: Most people need to believe in something. There are a few who don't, but they're a bit unusual. Most people need to believe in something. There are a few who don't, but they're a bit unusual.
David Eddings quotes: Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk.""It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face? Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk."
"It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face?
David Eddings quotes: Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back, Beldin said sourly. Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back, Beldin said sourly.
David Eddings quotes: Consistency is the defense of a small mind Consistency is the defense of a small mind
David Eddings quotes: Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it ... Eriond Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it ...
Eriond
David Eddings quotes: As long as people are talking instead of fighting, nobody loses very much blood - unless he happens to bite his tongue. As long as people are talking instead of fighting, nobody loses very much blood - unless he happens to bite his tongue.
David Eddings quotes: If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself. If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.

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