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...
Why are the people all so unhappy? he asked Mister Wolf. They have a stern and demanding God, Wolf replied. Which God is that? Garion asked. Money, Wolf said.
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...
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.
Oh, well, Silk said wryly, we might as well get it out into the open, I suppose. Gentlemen, he said, I'm sure you all remember the Margravine Liselle, my fiancee.Your ? Barak exclaimed in amazement.We...
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.
Let's kill the big one with the red whiskers then, another suggested. He looks like he might be troublesome, and he's probably too stupid to know anything useful. I that one, Barak whispered.
I must admit that I haven't heard of the Duchess of Erat before.You're a fortunate man, Wolf said.She's a great beauty, the man said admiringly.And has a temper to match, Wolf told him.I noticed that,...
Garion started shaving. Try to keep away from your nose, said Hettar wryly. A man looks quite strange without a nose.
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...
Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again .... Now's the time to be alive-- to see it ha...
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...
It's one of the advantages of being a woman. I get to do all sorts of unfair things, and you have to accept them because you're too polite not to.--Polgara
Is it my birthday again? Already? Where the time go?Behind us --or in front. It depends on which way you are looking.
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 m...
You’ll fight with each other, of course, but never go to sleep angry. That was always my mistake.
Young lady, Silk said urbanely, I think you'd be amazed at how little Polgara's concerned about who you are. Polgara? Ce'Nedra faltered. Polgara? I thought you said that she was your sister. I lied,...
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.
Salmissra was alone and unguarded. The palace eunuchs were sworn to protect her, but evidently a eunuch's oath doesn't mean all that much to him if it's going to involve bleeding.
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.