Quotes from Polgara the Sorceress

David Eddings ·  754 pages

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“Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.”
― David Eddings, quote from Polgara the Sorceress


“Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.”
― David Eddings, quote from Polgara the Sorceress


“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, quote from Polgara the Sorceress


“Now there’s something for you to think about. If you don’t know that you can’t do something, isn’t there a remote possibility that you’ll go ahead and do it anyway in absolute defiance of physical law? That might be one of the drawbacks of education. If you don’t know that you can’t pick yourself up by the scruff of the neck and hold yourself at arm’s length, maybe you can.”
― David Eddings, quote from Polgara the Sorceress


“When father uses the word 'politics' he's talking
about relations between nations. When I use the word, though, I'm
talking about the various subtle ways a woman can get men to do
what she wants them to do.”
― David Eddings, quote from Polgara the Sorceress



“We can try to act civilized and polite, but at the bottom of it all, the power of any ruler is based on a threat. Fortunately, we don’t have to carry that threat out too often.”
― David Eddings, quote from Polgara the Sorceress


About the author

David Eddings
Born place: in Spokane, Washington, The United States
Born date July 7, 1931
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