Quotes from David Eddings

see the Nimble Thief and the Man with Two Lives and the Blind Man, but I don't see the others. Where's the Dreadful Bear and the Knight Protector? The Horse Lord and the Bowman? And the ladies? Where are they—the Queen of the World and the Mother of the Race That Died?

She pouted. It's very serious, Uncle Varana. Naturally it is, he agreed, gently touching her out-thrust lower lip with one thick finger, but that's no reason not to laugh about it.

One of them came to Faldor's farm once and told Durnik that he was going to die twice.

I see the Nimble Thief and the Man with Two Lives and the Blind Man, but I don't see the others. Where's the Dreadful Bear and the Knight Protector? The Horse Lord and the Bowman? And the ladies? Where are they—the Queen of the World and the Mother of the Race That Died?

Scoprì immediatamente che, se manovrava le vele nel modo giusto, l'Albatro tagliava le onde come un coltello bene arrotato. Le corde scricchiolavano piacevolmente e la prora affilata sembrava sibilare, mentre puntava dritta a nord.

Upon this field met they their ruin. The soul and pride of Arendia doth reside within that fortress, and the power of the Dark One may not prevail against it.

Power is power, Garion. The results are the same. You don't have to hurt people if you don't want to.

mentre io ero giù al porto a persuadere l'Albatro che doveva navigare, e non volare.

To raise it all to artistry, Barak and Greldik ordered their men to lounge indolently on the decks of their ships, drinking ale and playing dice.

Thou art to be my companion, and it ill-behooves companions to have misapprehensions about each other.

He can come up with the most exotic things I've ever seen or heard of every time he blinks his eyes.

Quindi passeremo direttamente al massacro. - Che modo abile di esprimersi, Narasan.

The wisdom of the Gods is such that their instruction is concealed within stories. Our minds delight in the stories, and the messages of the Gods are implanted thus. All unaware, we are instructed even as we are entertained.

It's not good to leave things of value behind. They nag at the mind and dis-tract one from the business at hand.

The orchestra was composed of Rivan musicians under the direction of a fussy Arendish concertmaster, who strove mightily to keep the independent Rivans from improvising on those melodies which pleased them.

Andar si godeva il silenzio che si stendeva sul mare quando stava per arrivare un nuovo giorno. In quei momenti la superficie gli appariva straordinariamente bella e gli sembrava che il mare trattenesse il respiro, aspettando il sole.

It's always best in the long run to be what you are. It isn't proper to behave as if you were more, but it isn't good to behave as if you were less, either. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?

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.

The sole exception to this suspicious taciturnity was a garrulous old gold hunter mounted on a donkey, who appeared out of the blue-tinged shadows under the trees one

You'll fight with each other, of course," she told him as they danced, "but never go to sleep angry. That was always my mistake.

It was a good day for a ride, but not a good day for being chased. No day was good for that.

Events are like horses, Hettar told him. Sometimes they run away. After they've run for a while, though, they'll start to walk again. Then there'll be time to put everything together.

Men's minds ran to straight lines, but women thought more in terms of circles.

If all you're going to do is talk in riddles, why bother with it at all? Why go to all the trouble of saying things that nobody's able to understand?" "Because it's necessary to say it. The word determines the event. The word puts limits on the event and shapes it. Without the word, the event is merely a random happening. That's the whole purpose of what you call prophecy—to separate the significant from the random.