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.
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...
You're a cynic, Urgit accused.Silk shook his head. No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.
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...
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.
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...
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 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.
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...
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,...
Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion
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...
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.
Misty Sendaria, Silk said ironically. Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.
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...