Will you never grow up?" "I doubt it, and I certainly hope not. David Eddings More Quotes by David Eddings More Quotes From David Eddings 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. David Eddings true-you closed-mind mind We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. 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." I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly. Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. "Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure. David Eddings adventure years thinking 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 we betrayed or enslaved were subhuman monsters in the first place, then our guilt isn't nearly so black as we secretly know that it is. Humans are very, very good at shifting blame and avoiding guilt. David Eddings betrayal hate acceptance I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying." - Prince Kheldar of Drasnia David Eddings laughing world years My Lord, I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offense against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fir which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornement for a human face. Is it possible that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat? -Mandorallen David Eddings dog mother past When love is involved no sacrifice is too great. David Eddings involved sacrifice love-is As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head. David Eddings wit bottom falling-in-love The only reason there's such a thing as a morning in the first place is to keep night and afternoon from bumping into each other. -Kheldar David Eddings afternoon morning night But there's a world beyond what we can see and touch, and that world lives by its own laws. What may be impossible in this very ordinary world is very possible there, and sometimes the boundaries between the two worlds disappear, and then who can say what is possible and impossible? David Eddings possible-and-impossible ordinary-world law As long as I know that my motives are good, I'm Seldom very concerned with the opinions of others. -Mandorallen, Baron of Vo Mandor. David Eddings motive opinion long Consistency is the defense of a small mind David Eddings consistency defense mind Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure. David Eddings race adventure blood No day in which you learn something is a complete loss. David Eddings loss happiness inspirational Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective. David Eddings idiocy perspective looks Ordinary men live in fear all the time. Didn't you know that? We're afraid of the weather, we're afraid of powerful men, we're afraid of the night and the monsters that lurk in the dark, we're afraid of growing old and of dying. Sometimes we're even afraid of living. Ordinary men are afraid almost every minute of their lives. David Eddings powerful dark night 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. David Eddings obscure overwhelmed secret ...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail. David Eddings surrender light darkness When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom. David Eddings ignorance-is-bliss bliss ignorance Keep working. Keep trying. Keep believing. You still might not make it, but at least you gave it your best shot. If you don’t have calluses on your soul, this isn’t for you. Take up knitting instead. David Eddings knitting soul believe We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then. David Eddings now-and-then stupidity littles
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