Will you never grow up?I doubt it, and I certainly hope not.
Why do you persist in being so frivolous, Urgit?Why don't we just call it a symptom of my incipient madness?You're not going to go mad, she said firmly.Of course I'm going to go mad, mother. I'm rathe...
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.
When my sons told me about what they'd found, I went to the priests of Belar and had them examine the auguries. is the year to go. The ice up there won't be as thick again for years and years. Then t...
What was that? Belgarath asked, coming back around the corner.Brill, Silk replied blandly, pulling his Murgo robe back on.Again? Belgarath demanded with exasperation. What was he doing this time?Tryin...
What I’m trying to say, Garion,’ Durnik continued seriously, ‘is that you can’t go through life being afraid of what you are. If you do that, sooner or later somebody will come along who’ll misunderst...
Vella looked around. This is really a revolting place, Yarblek, she told him.You've been spending too much time with Porenn, he said. You're starting to get delicate.How would you like to have me gut...
The policeman recognized me, but I suppose that’s only natural. Silk was going to kill him, but I said no.Why? Beldin asked bluntly.We were in the middle of a busy street for one thing. Killing somebo...
One of the less attractive aspects of human nature is our tendency to hate the people we haven't treated very well; it's much easier than accepting guilt. If we can convince ourselves that the people...
One does one's best - Silk
Mimbrates are the bravest people in the world --probably because they don't have brains enough to be afraid of anything. Garion's friend Mandorallen is totally convinced that he's invincible.He is, Ce...
Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.
I'd really like to go with you, Agachak. Truly I would...but I just can't.I don't understand. Why not?I'm not allowed to leave home. My mother'd punish me something awful if I did...But you're the kin...
Exaggerating? Silk sounded shocked. You don't mean to say that horses can actually lie, do you? Hettar shrugged. Of course. They lie all the time. They're very good at it. For a moment Silk looked ou...
Ce'Nedra returned, frowning and a little angry. They won't give me their eggs, Lady Polgara, she complained. They're sitting one them.You have to reach under them and take the eggs, dear.Won't that ma...
Behold the Drojim Palace, King Urgit said extravagantly to Sadi, the hereditary home of the House of Urga.A most unusual structure, You Majesty, Sadi murmured.That's a diplomatic way to put it. Urgit...
As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.
Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion
Zedar was gone...As an owl, though, I was able to drift silently from tree to tree until I caught up with him...He wasn't really hard to follow, since he'd conjured up a dim, greenish light to see by...
Zakath's face grew thoughtful. You know something, Garion? he said. Man thinks he owns the world, but we share it with all sorts of creatures who are indifferent to our overlordship. They have their o...