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
Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate?-Eriond
God save us from religion.
A day in which you learn something isn't a complete loss.
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...
Isn't it odd how the little things can change a man's entire life?
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?
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'...
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...
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...
There was a sudden, shocking sound that echoed through Garion's head like an explosion.What was that? Zakath exclaimed.You heard it, too? Garion was amazed. You shouldn't have been able to hear it!It...
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...
Vanity's ridiculous, be we all fall prey to it from time to time.
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
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 kno...
Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.
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.
Little jobs require little men, and it's the little jobs that keep a kingdom running.