“As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“What I’m trying to say, Garion,’ Durnik continued seriously, ‘is that you can’t go through life being afraid of what you are. If you do that, sooner or later somebody will come along who’ll misunderstand, and you’ll have to do something to show him that it’s not him that you’re afraid of.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“Your--ah--intervention, shall we say, has simplified things in the palace enormously. We no longer have to worry about Salmissra's whims and peculiar appetites. We rule by committee, and we hardly ever find it necessary to poison each other anymore. No one's tried to poison me for months.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“The priest DID have it coming, though," Lelldorin declared hotly.
"What priest?"
"The priest of Chaldan at that little chapel who wouldn't marry us because Arianna couldn't give him a document proving she had her family's consent. He was very insulting."
"Did you break anything?"
"A few of his teeth is about all-- and I stopped hitting him as soon as he agreed to perform the ceremony.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“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, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“What am I going to do?" asked Ce'Nedra.
"First you ought to go wash your face," Polgara told her. "Some girls can cry without making themselves ugly, but you don't have the right coloring for it. You're an absolute fright. I'd advise you never to cry in public if you can help it.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“The queen sighed. "What am I going to do with all of you now!"
"You're going to let us continue our journey," Belgarath replied calmly. "We'll argue about it, of course, but in the end that's the way it'll turn out."
She stared at him.
"You did ask, after all. I'm sure you feel better now that you know.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“Well--to put it briefly--Arianna and I had become--well--friends."
"I see."
"Nothing improper, you understand," Lelldorin said quickly. "But our friendship was such that--well--we didn't want to be separated." The young Asturian's face appealed to his friend for understanding. "Actually," he went on, "it was a little more than 'didn't want to.' Arianna told me she'd die if I left her behind."
"Possibly she was exaggerating," Garion suggested.
"How could I risk it, though?" Lelldorin protested. "Women are much more delicate than we are-- besides, Arianna's a physician. She'd know if she'd die, wouldn't she?”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“The coronation took place at noon the following day. The Hall of the Rivan King was full to overflowing with nobles and royalty, and the city below was alive with the sound of bells.
Garion could not actually remember very much of his coronation. He did remember that the ermine-bordered cape was hot and the plain gold crown the Rivan Deacon placed on his head was very heavy”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“You're impossible," she told him.
"Of course I am," he answered. "It's part of my charm.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“The table quite literally groaned under its weight of roasted game,”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“No matter how professional soldiers might be, an avoided battle was always good news.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“Wise are you, indeed,” the fox said, “to know what is not possible before you have made the attempt.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“Lammer stared at the chunk of bread in his hands, trembling violently. “I’ll follow you, my lady,” he declared in a quavering voice. “I’ve eaten my shoes and lived on boiled grass and tree roots.” His fists closed about the chunk of bread as if he were afraid someone might take it away from him. “I’ll follow you to the end of the world and back for this.” And he began to eat, tearing at the bread with his teeth.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“Everyone’s lonely, dear,” she explained, drawing him close to her. “We touch other people only briefly, then we’re alone again. You’ll get used to it in time.”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
“Is it? If somebody forces you to do something and there’s no possible way to avoid it, is it really sin?”
― David Eddings, quote from Castle of Wizardry
David Eddings
Born place: in Spokane, Washington, The United States
Born date July 7, 1931
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“Consider, Mighty Creator of all things, the differences between Sindbad's life and mine. Every day I suffer a thousand hardships and misfortunes, and have hard work to get even enough bad barley bread to keep myself and my family alive, while the lucky Sindbad spends money right and left and lives upon the fat of the land! What has he done that you should give him this pleasant life— what have I done to deserve so hard a fate?”
― quote from The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night
“You see, it is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Queen's Poisoner
“But you decided I was going to fail before I even had the chance to try.”
― Helen Harper, quote from Slouch Witch
“The only righteous thing on the face of the earth is death. No one has ever bribed their way out of that. The earth takes us all: the good, the evil and the sinners. And that's all the justice you'll find in this world.”
― Svetlana Alexievich, quote from Voces de Chernóbil: Crónica del futuro
“truisms at least have the merit of being true, which distinguishes them from a good deal of political discourse. And”
― Noam Chomsky, quote from What Kind of Creatures Are We?
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