Have you ever noticed that? We base our assessment of the intelligence of others almost entirely on how closely their thinking matches our own. I'm sure that there are people out there who violently d...
Well--to put it briefly--Arianna and I had become--well--friends.I see.Nothing improper, you understand, Lelldorin said quickly. But our friendship was such that--well--we didn't want to be separated....
A day in which you learn something isn't a complete loss.
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 largest...
The quality of student work has definitely gone downhill since they discontinued the use of the whipping post.-Silk
Consistency is the defense of a small mind
It's the nature of man to ask questions.--Belgarath
Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire life?
I want a sword not a knitting needle-Kalen
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 sig...
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 then i...
Vanity's ridiculous, be we all fall prey to it from time to time.
Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.
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 didn'...
Only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.
When you get down to the bottom of it, only about half of what we remember really happened. We tend to modify things to make ourselves look better in our own eyes and in the eyes of others. Then, if w...
We are all children, Kheldar.--Cyradis
Ordinary men live in fear all the time. Didn't you know that? We're afraid of the weather, we're afraid of powerful men, we're afraid of the night and the monsters that lurk in the dark, we're afraid...
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?
What am I going to do? asked Ce'Nedra.First you ought to go wash your face, Polgara told her. Some girls can cry without making themselves ugly, but you don't have the right coloring for it. You're an...