David Eddings Quotes - Page 4

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• Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.

  David Eddings

  Poor, Impatience, Substitutes

  David Eddings (2010). “Demon Lord Of Karanda: (Malloreon 3)”, p.21, Random House

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

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  Rust, Kingdoms, Sometimes

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• 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

  Men, Reason, Used

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• If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.

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  Trying, Able, Ifs

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• The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.

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  Christmas, Unfortunate Things, Years

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• Belgarath and Garion effortlessly hurdled over the driftwood and loped off into the fog. "It's going to be a wet day," Garion noted soundlessly as he ran alongside the great silver wolf. "Your fur won't melt." "I know, but my paws get cold when they're wet." "I'll have Durnik make you some little booties." "That would be absolutely ridiculous, Grandfather," Garion said indignantly.

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  Fog, Grandfather, Booty

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• I'd really like to go with you, Agachak. Truly I would...but I just can't." "I don't understand. Why not?" "I'm not allowed to leave home. My mother'd punish me something awful if I did..." "But you're the king." "That doesn't change a thing. I still do what mother says. She tells everybody that I'm the best boy ever when it comes to that." Agachak resisted a powerful urge to change this half-wit into a toad or perhaps a jellyfish.

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  Mother, Kings, Powerful

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• ...I know that in your heart you miss all those wonderful moments you spent with my father --watching him gnaw on the furniture, listening to his insane gibbering, and enjoying all those playful blows to the stomach and kicks to the head with which he demonstrated his affection for his wives. --King Urgit

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  Kings, Father, Heart

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

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  Literature, Danger, Nobel

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

  David Eddings

  Majesty, Realist, Cynic

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• 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 large rocks tied to their feet.

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  Swimming, Rocks, Feet

  David Eddings (1982). “Queen of Sorcery”, Random House Digital, Inc.

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

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  Men, Littles, Little Things

  David Eddings, Leigh Eddings (2010). “Belgarath the Sorcerer”, p.29, HarperCollins UK

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• Why do you persist in being so frivolous, Urgit?" "Why don't we just call it a symptom of my incipient madness?" "You're not going to go mad," she said firmly. "Of course I'm going to go mad, mother. I'm rather looking forward to it.

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  Mother, Mad, Looking Forward

  David Eddings (2010). “King Of The Murgos: (Malloreon 2)”, p.246, Random House

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• 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?

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  Men, Hands, Perfect

  David Eddings, Leigh Eddings (1996). “Belgarath the Sorcerer”, Del Rey Books

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• The notion that any one person can describe 'what really happened' is an absurdity. If ten - or a hundred - people witness an event, there will be ten - or a hundred - different versions of what took place. What we see and how we interpret it depends entirely upon our individual past experience.

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  Wisdom, Past, People

  David Eddings, Leigh Eddings (1997). “Polgara the Sorceress”, Del Rey

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• Sparhawk grinned. "If Martel finds out that he's drinking again, he'll reach down his throat and pull his heart out." "Can you actually do that to a man?" "You can if your arm's long enough, and if you know what you're looking for.[...]

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  Drinking, Heart, Men

  David Eddings (2015). “The Complete Elenium Trilogy: The Diamond Throne, The Ruby Knight, The Sapphire Rose”, p.51, HarperCollins UK

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• I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life.

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  Army, Groceries, Fallen

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• I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my mind begins to take over.

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  Moving, Mind, Stories

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• 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.

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  Writing, Long, Junk

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• You'll drive yourself crazy if you start trying to pry the meaning out of every gust of wind or rain squall. I'm not denying that there might actually be a few signs that you won't want to miss. Knowing the difference is the tricky part.

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  Crazy, Rain, Wind

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• Vella looked around. "This is really a revolting place, Yarblek," she told him. "You've been spending too much time with Porenn," he said. "You're starting to get delicate." "How would you like to have me gut you?" she offered. "That's my girl.

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  Girl, Too Much, Starting

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• ...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.

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  Knives, Attention, Thumbs

  David Eddings (2010). “Seeress Of Kell: (Malloreon 5)”, p.166, Random House

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• This is terrible, when a writer is bored by his own work, but it was a real bomb and had reached the point where I couldn't even stand to look at it any more.

  David Eddings

  Real, Umpires, Bored

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• 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.

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  Teacher, Teaching, College

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