Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Water....I'm thirsty not dirty.
Consistency is the defense of a small mind
I want a sword not a knitting needle -Kalen
When love is involved no sacrifice is too great.
Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? -Eriond
When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.
If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.
It's the nature of man to ask questions. --Belgarath
Wise are you, indeed... to know what is not possible.
We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then.
No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.
Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.
Will you never grow up?" "I doubt it, and I certainly hope not.
...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.
Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire life?
Vanity's ridiculous, but we all fall prey to it from time to time.
I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.
If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.
I'm never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature.
Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.
Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective.
Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.
I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine.
Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous." "Who made up that rule?" "It's a known fact.
You're a cynic," Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.
Someday I’d like to see something rise up out of the earth –just for the sake of variety.
I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.
Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it.
As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.
It's gaudy, ugly, and in terribly bad taste. It does, however, suit my personality almost perfectly.
Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back," Beldin said sourly.
Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.
If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.
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?
Who owns a man, Durnik?” the blond young man asked sadly. “The one who rules him, or the one who pays him?
Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk." "It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face?
I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed. I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have.
The dullest man in the world is charming beyond belief when he's pouring gold coins from one hand to the other.
Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose.
Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion
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?
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.
Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.
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.
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?
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.
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
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
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.