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

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

Love can show itself in many strange ways, — David Eddings

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

Lying is an art. A good lie shouldn't be embellished so much. — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan. — David Eddings

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

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

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

I want a sword not a knitting needle
-Kalen — David Eddings

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

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

One does one's best" - Silk — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things. — David Eddings

He's nearly a man," Faldor explained to Aunt Pol, "and a man always has need of a good knife. — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

The land, indifferent to human boundaries, flowed on unchanged. — David Eddings

It's the way of kings. — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

We are all children, Kheldar.
--Cyradis — David Eddings

Does bouncing count? -- Silk, The Belgariad — David Eddings

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

Trust me. - Silk — David Eddings

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

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

Torak's dead."
"Really?" Aunt Pol said. "Have you seen his grave? Have you opened the grave and seen his bones? — David Eddings

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

"Not if I can avoid it, no. — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective. — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

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

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

Watch out for snakes,' Durnik called after him. — David Eddings

Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait. — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water....I'm thirsty not dirty. — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's the nature of man to ask questions.
Belgarath — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail. — David Eddings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Consistency is the defense of a small mind — David Eddings

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

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

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