All David Eddings Quotes
- The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell you… Born
- Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut. Amazed
- I must admit that I haven't heard of the Duchess of Erat before." "You're a fortunate man," Wolf said. "She's a great beauty," the man… Admiringly
- Behold Vo Mimbre," Mandorallen proclaimed with pride, "queen of cities. Upon that rock the tide of Angarak crashed and recoiled and crashed again. Upon this… Been
- Exaggerating?" Silk sounded shocked. "You don't mean to say that horses can actually lie, do you? Hettar shrugged. "Of course. They lie all the time.… Actually Lie
- Someday you'll have to show me how you did that," Asharak was saying. "I found the experience interesting. My horse had hysterics, however." "My apologies… Apologies
- Whatever happened to him?" Silk asked. "He went swimming in the Nedrane." "I didn't know that Thulls swam all that well." "They don't–particularly not with… All
- It's the nature of man to ask questions. --Belgarath Ask
- Now do you see why war irritates me? It's always the same. A lot of people get killed, but in the end, the whole thing… Conference
- ...Zedar was gone...As an owl, though, I was able to drift silently from tree to tree until I caught up with him...He wasn't really hard… Able
- Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire life? Change
- Vanity's ridiculous, be we all fall prey to it from time to time. All
- If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself. Any
- Contemporary fantasists all bow politely to Lord Tennyson and Papa Tolkien, then step around them to go back to the original texts for inspiration--and there… All
- One of the less attractive aspects of human nature is our tendency to hate the people we haven't treated very well; it's much easier than… Accepting
- Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion Any
- If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly. Able
- The first thing the boy Garion remembered was the kitchen at Faldor's farm. For all the rest of his life he had a special warm… All
- 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 Assured
- Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective. Choose
- Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous… Absurd
- 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? Disguised
- Keep working. Keep trying. Keep believing. You still might not make it, but at least you gave it your best shot. If you don’t have… Believe
- Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere. Question everything. That's what education's… Absolutely
- As soon as a friendship passed a certain point - some obscure and secret boundary - a woman quite automatically became overwhelmed by a raging… Automatically