As soon as a friendship passed a certain point - some obscure and secret boundary - a woman quite automatically became overwhelmed by a raging compulsion to complicate things.
Operating by trial and error mostly, we've evolved a tacitly agreed upon list of the elements that make for a good fantasy. The first decision the aspiring fantasist must make is theological. King Art...
Priests are pretty much the same the world over. They seem to feel that their exclusive contact with God gives them a certain job security.
Some day, Prince Kheldar, you will fall in love, the queen said with a little smirk, and the twelve kingdoms will stand around and chortle over the fall of so notorious a bachelor.
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
There things we know for certain.Oh? Name one.The sun's going to come up tomorrow morning.Why?It always has.Does that really mean that it always will?A faint look of consternation crossed her face. I...
Would you look at this? Silk waved a piece of parchment at the old man. What's the problem? Belgarath took the parchment and read it. That whole business was settled years ago, Silk declared in an irr...
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.
If there's a noise in the woods, and there's nobody around to hear it, is it really a noise?Of course it is, she replied calmly.How did you reach that conclusion? Beldin demanded.Because there's no su...
Contemporary fantasists all bow politely to Lord Tennyson and Papa Tolkien, then step around them to go back to the original texts for inspiration--and there are a lot of those texts. We have King Art...
I note this hound of thine, Sir Knight, he said to Garion to ease them past an embarrassing moment, a bitch, I perceive--Steady, Garion said firmly to the she-wolf. That is a offensive term, she grow...
It's the nature of man to ask questions.--Belgarath
Now what? Urgit warily asked his bride-to-be.Am I disturbing your Majesty? Prala asked.…You always disturb me, my beloved, he answered her question, spreading his arms extravagantly.
It's as empty as a merchant's soul. Sorry, Kheldar, it's just an old expression.That's all right, Beldin, Silk forgave him grandly. These little slips of the tongue are common in the very elderly.
Durnik needs a tower somewhere in the Vale, Belgarath was saying.I don't see why, father, Polgara replied.All of Aldur's disciples have towers, Pol. It's the custom.Old customs persist --even when the...
If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.
Refusing to talk about something wouldn’t make it go away. If it was there, it was there, and no amount of verbal acrobatics could make it go away.
The first thing the boy Garion remembered was the kitchen at Faldor's farm. For all the rest of his life he had a special warm feeling for kitchens and those peculiar sounds and smells that seemed som...
When he reached out with both huge hands to grasp me, I ducked under them and stepped forward, smoothly pulling my knife out of my sleeve. Then, with one quick swipe, I sliced him across the belly. I...
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.
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