The Hierarch of Rak Urga drew himself up. This is not a request, Urgit. I’m not asking you.Good. Because I’m not going.I command you to go.I don’t think so.Do you realize to whom you’re talking?Perfec...
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.
Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere. Question everything. That's what education's all about.
Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk.It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face?
I was reading an old text on the exploits of Belgarath the Sorcerer, and I – Senji stopped, going very pale, turned, and gaped at Garion’s grandfather.It’s a terrible letdown, isn’t it? Beldin said. W...
Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous.Who made up that rule?It's a known fact...
Does bouncing count? -- Silk, The Belgariad
Could penetrate this palace, Prince Kheldar? King Anheg challenged.I already have, your Majesty, Silk said modestly, a dozen times or more.Anheg looked at Rhodar with one raised eyebrow.Rhodar coughe...
Belgarath turned back to Senji. All right, he said. The Sardion came to Zamad. How?It’s said to have fallen out of the sky.They always do, Beldin said. Someday I’d like to see something rise up out of...
Behold Vo Mimbre, Mandorallen proclaimed with pride, queen of cities. Upon that rock the tide of Angarak crashed and recoiled and crashed again. Upon this field met they their ruin. The soul and pride...
I made some more threats. I've got this big knife back here. He poked his thumb over his shoulder. It attracts a lot of attention sometimes.
The jeers that had risen as Barak’s and Greldik’s ships had been manoeuvred onto their wheeled carriages turned rather quickly into angry mutterings as the carriages, pulled by teams of Algar horses,...
Because they were both young, she was intolerant and he was stubborn.
You're going to stay here and help Daran in every way you can. Don't let him sink into melancholia the way his father has...Now, pull yourself together. Blow your nose and fix your face. Daran's talki...
I know that in your heart you miss all those wonderful moments you spent with my father --watching him gnaw on the furniture, listening to his insane gibbering, and enjoying all those playful blows to...
What happened to your foot?I had a little disagreement with an eagle --stupid birds, eagles. He couldn't tell the difference between a hawk and a pigeon. I had to educate him. He bit me while I was te...
Now there’s something for you to think about. If you don’t know that you can’t do something, isn’t there a remote possibility that you’ll go ahead and do it anyway in absolute defiance of physical law...
Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.
Your extensive travels must have been fatiguing, Zakath said in that same flat tone, particularly for the ladies. I'll see to it that your return journey to Mal Zeth is made in easy stages. Your Majes...
There's a peculiar dichotomy in the nature of almost anyone who calls himself a historian. Such scholars all piously assure us that they're telling us the real truth about what really happened, but if...