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I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine.

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.

Love can show itself in many strange ways,

Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.

Little jobs require little men, and it's the little jobs that keep a kingdom running.

As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.

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.

The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored.

The table quite literally groaned under its weight of roasted game,

Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.

It keeps him happy, Dahlaine, and happy people are nicer than gloomy ones. Haven't you noticed that before?

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?

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose.

I want a sword not a knitting needle
-Kalen

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

Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale.

One does one's best" - Silk

You're a cynic," Urgit accused.
Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.

Vanity's ridiculous, be we all fall prey to it from time to time.

Wise are you, indeed ... to know what is not possible ...

If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.

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!

Because they were both young, she was intolerant and he was stubborn.

Doesn't make any sense, he said. It was all he could do, however, to keep from throwing the dreadful sheet into

Bheid and Leitha, but he didn't say anything.

Watch out for snakes,' Durnik called after him.

God save us from religion.

Is it my birthday again? Already? Where does the time go?"
"Behind us
or in front. It depends on which way you are looking.

I've seen hopeless wars won before. If you give in to despair before you begin, you'll have no chance at all.

We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then.
Beldin

Degrur, that doesn't make any sense at all." "I just woke up,

We are all children, Kheldar.
--Cyradis

Don't throw good ideas away until you've considered all of your options.

The quality of student work has definitely gone downhill since they discontinued the use of the whipping post.
-Silk

It's the way of kings.

But in time the night, as all nights must, came to an end, and the morning dawned clear and bright.

I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

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.

A day in which you learn something isn't a complete loss.

Just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean that you should.

Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous."
"Who made up that rule?"
"It's a known fact ...

He can come up with the most exotic things I've ever seen or heard of every time he blinks his eyes.

Some stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Other stories never end, maybe because they're alive.

The dullest man in the world is charming beyond belief when he's pouring gold coins from one hand to the other.

Life's much more pleasing when you don't have to spend all of your time thinking.

Do you ever plan to grow up, Veltan?" he asked.

"Not if I can avoid it, no.

Just because I love her, it doesn't mean that I love you less.

Then you've learned something today. No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.

When love is involved no sacrifice is too great.

I'm never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature.

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.

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.

No matter how professional soldiers might be, an avoided battle was always good news.

You've been away from home too long if you can get lost on the way from the harbor to the palace.

Trust me. - Silk

We was doing a lot of what our officers called "maneuvering" - which is officer talk for running

Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.

Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.

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.

Will you never grow up?"
"I doubt it, and I certainly hope not.

Fear's a part of life, Mandorallen, and it's the only life we have.

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.

I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed.
I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have.

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

Water....I'm thirsty not dirty.

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.

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.

A man should never miss an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

Wise are you, indeed," the fox said, "to know what is not possible before you have made the attempt.

Small female children. They're devious, but they're prettier than sons, and they smell better. (The Spirit of the Prophecy to Garion)

When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.

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 the nature of man to ask questions.
Belgarath

You're going to keep making these mistakes as long as you keep carrying your brain in the same scabbard with your sword, Lelldorin.

If you can't do something about a situation, there's no point in worrying about it.

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

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.

You're impossible," she told him.
"Of course I am," he answered. "It's part of my charm.

Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.'
Garion

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

Who owns a man, Durnik?" the blond young man asked sadly. "The one who rules him, or the one who pays him?

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.

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.

Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire life?

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?

Is it? If somebody forces you to do something and there's no possible way to avoid it, is it really sin?

He had performed that last service that a man can perform for a friend - he had told the truth about him.

You'll fight with each other, of course, but never go to sleep angry. That was always my mistake.

You're going to be a father. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll throw up again.

Does bouncing count? -- Silk, The Belgariad

You'd think that the people who worshiped the real true God would have better sense.

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

Most people need to believe in something. There are a few who don't, but they're a bit unusual.

Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk."
"It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face?

Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back, Beldin said sourly.

Consistency is the defense of a small mind

Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it ...
Eriond

As long as people are talking instead of fighting, nobody loses very much blood - unless he happens to bite his tongue.

If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.