Quotes by David Eddings

“Zakath stared at the floor. 'I suddenly feel very helpless,' he admitted, 'and I don't like the feeling. I've been rather effectively dethroned, you know. This morning I was the Emperor of the larg...”

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

“Why do some trees stay green while others change their color?Certain trees need to show off, dear. Im sure that my big brother could explain why it happens. Dahlaine loves to explain things, and he...”

“Its different," Sorgans younger cousin Torl declared, gesturing at the glorious sunset late that afternoon. "Its pretty enough, I suppose, but its not too much like the sunsets out at sea. Mountain...”

“Garion,' she said very calmly, 'the universe knew your name before that moon up there was spun out of the emptiness. Whole constellations have been waiting for you since the beginning of time.'I di...”

“God save us from religion.”

“What was that?" Belgarath asked, coming back around the corner."Brill," Silk replied blandly, pulling his Murgo robe back on."Again?" Belgarath demanded with exasperation. "What was he doing this t...”

“Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.”

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

“...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.”

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

“We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and the...”

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

“We call this a bow, Capn, and the thing thats sticking out of that fellows head over on the other side of the trench is called an arrow. If you put them together just right, theyll do all sorts of ...”

“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”

“The place had enormous possibilities. He realized that at once. The stream, of course, was perfect for sailing toy boats, for skipping stones, and, in the event of failing inspiration, for falling ...”

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

“This is Trenicia, the queen of the warrior women of the Isle of Akalla. Different places have different traditions and different customs. On the Isle of Akalla, the women rule, and the women do the...”

“The men sit around getting fat and arguing with each other about something they call philosophy - most of which is pure nonsense.”

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