“The old man was peering intently at the shelves. 'I'll have to admit that he's a very competent scholar.'
Isn't he just a librarian?' Garion asked, 'somebody who looks after books?'
That's where all the rest of scholarship starts, Garion. All the books in the world won't help you if they're just piled up in a heap.”
― David Eddings, quote from King of the Murgos
“...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.”
― David Eddings, quote from King of the Murgos
“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, quote from King of the Murgos
“Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion”
― David Eddings, quote from King of the Murgos
“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, quote from King of the Murgos
“Then you’ve learned something today. No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.”
― David Eddings, quote from King of the Murgos
“Watch out for snakes,’ Durnik called after him.”
― David Eddings, quote from King of the Murgos
“There were some people you had to stay away from, people who poisoned everything in reach. Then there were people you wanted to stick with, the ones with silver tongues and golden touched. And then, there were people you stood beside, because it meant you weren't in their way. And whoever Victor Vale was, whatever he was, and whatever he was up to, the only thing Mitch knew was that he did not want to be in his way.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from Vicious
“Scientists talk about dark matter, the invisible, mysterious substance that occupies the space between stars. Dark matter makes up 99.99 percent of the universe, and they don't know what it is. Well I do. It's apathy. That's the truth of it; pile together everything we know and care about in the universe and it will still be nothing more than a tiny speck in the middle of a vast black ocean of Who Gives a Fuck.”
― David Wong, quote from John Dies at the End
“A dwarf who can't get the hang of metal? That must be pretty unique."
"Pretty rare, sir. But I was quite good at alchemy.."
"Guild member?"
"Not any more, sir."
"Oh? How did you leave the guild?"
"Through the roof, sir. But I'm pretty certain I know what I did wrong.”
― Terry Pratchett, quote from Feet of Clay
“After four hours I passed slowly from the country of 'nine-fingered people and prepare to meet thy God' into the drive-ins and motels and Homes of the Whopper but all I could see was the river.”
― James Dickey, quote from Deliverance
“I never understood how men could remember all those details about sports but, yet, were incapable of remembering where they set their car keys or wallet.”
― Tina Reber, quote from Love Unscripted
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