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David Eddings (July 7, 1931 – June 2, 2009) was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including The Belgariad (1982–84), The Malloreon (1987–91), The Elenium (1989–91), The Tamuli (1992–94), and The Dreamers (2003–06).

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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 to your horse.

Apology, Horse, Hysterics, Interesting, Show

My Lord, I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offense against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fir which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornement for a human face. Is it possible that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat? -Mandorallen

Decorate, Dog, Human, Lord, Mother, Past

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

Good, Interested, Prophet, Stories, Story, Storyteller

Wise are you, indeed. . . to know what is not possible.

Know, Knows, Possible, Wise

I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

Back, Completed, Literature, Morning, Sun

. . . 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

Father, Furniture, Heart, Insane, Kings

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.

Fog, Grandfather, Would Be, Driftwood, Know, Effortlessly

It's the nature of man to ask questions. --Belgarath

Asks, Belgarath, Man, Men, Nature Of Man, Questions

Consistency is the defense of a small mind

Consistency, Defense, Mind, Small

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.

Army, Business, Fallen, Groceries, Grocery, Right

When you know that something's going to happen, you'll start trying to see signs of its approach in just about everything. Always try to remember that most of the things that happen in this world aren't signs. They happen because they happen, and their only real significance lies in normal cause and effect. 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.

Crazy, Lying, Meaning, Real, Significance

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?

Bellyache, Government, Hands, Man, Men, Perfect

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.

Good, Know, Long, Motive, Opinion, Seldom

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 fed you more often when you were younger. " "You can be terribly offensive sometimes, do you know that?" "Why, yes, as a matter of fact I do.

Fact, Know, Might, Should Have, Thinking, Yes

If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.

Kind, Maintain, Secret, Secrets, Self

I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction.

Optimistic, Fiction, Opinion, Theory, Predict

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.

Junk, Long, Standard, Writing

I'm truly amazed at you, Garion," Polgara said. "I didn't think you had the faintest idea of how to speak a civilized language. " "Thank you," he said, "I think.

Idea, Ideas, Language, Speak, Think, Thinking

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

Afternoon, Kheldar, Morning, Night

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.

Individual, Past, People, See, Took, Wisdom

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