David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

“I could insist that somebody take me to her so I can obey her orders." "I think you might choke on that…

— David Eddings

“Salmissra was alone and unguarded. The palace eunuchs were sworn to protect her, but evidently a eunuch's oath doesn't mean all that…

— David Eddings

...I know that in your heart you miss all those wonderful moments you spent with my father --watching him gnaw on the…

— David Eddings

Someday I’d like to see something rise up out of the earth –just for the sake of variety.

— David Eddings

Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? -Eriond

— David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

“One does one's best" - Silk”

— David Eddings

“Being afraid was not the sort of thing that endangered life or limb, but it was still an injury of sorts –…

— David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

You'll drive yourself crazy if you start trying to pry the meaning out of every gust of wind or rain squall. I'm…

— David Eddings

“Your extensive travels must have been fatiguing," Zakath said in that same flat tone, "particularly for the ladies. I'll see to it…

— David Eddings

“No one seems to realise that the aristocracy is God’s special gift to mankind. The burghers treat us no better than commoners.…

— David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

I'm hungry, Garion, and I don't think well when I'm hungry." "That might explain a lot," Beldin noted blandly. "We should have…

— David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

“You must learn that that’s what friends and family are for – to be imposed upon. One of the Cardinal Rules, if…

— David Eddings

“Operating by trial and error mostly, we've evolved a tacitly agreed upon list of the elements that make for a good fantasy.…

— David Eddings

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

— David Eddings

Ce'Nedra returned, frowning and a little angry. "They won't give me their eggs, Lady Polgara," she complained. "They're sitting one them." "You…

— David Eddings

“Oh, well," Silk said wryly, "we might as well get it out into the open, I suppose. Gentlemen," he said, "I'm sure…

— David Eddings

Contemporary fantasists all bow politely to Lord Tennyson and Papa Tolkien, then step around them to go back to the original texts…

— David Eddings