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  1. David Eddings _ Castle of Wizardry

    What am I going to do?" asked Ce'Nedra."First you ought to go wash your face," Polgara told her. "Some girls can cry without making themselves ugly, but you don't have the right coloring for it. You're an absolute fright. I'd advise you never to cry in public if you can help it.
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  2. David Eddings _ Magician's Gambit

    Does bouncing count? -- Silk, The Belgariad
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  3. David Eddings _ Castle of Wizardry

    Your--ah--intervention, shall we say, has simplified things in the palace enormously. We no longer have to worry about Salmissra's whims and peculiar appetites. We rule by committee, and we hardly ever find it necessary to poison each other anymore. No one's tried to poison me for months.
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  4. David Eddings _ Pawn of Prophecy

    One does one's best" - Silk
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  5. David Eddings _ The Treasured One

    It's common knowledge that the "church" is nothing more than an invention of the priesthood designed to swindle the ordinary people of the empire out of just about everything they own.
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  6. David Eddings _ Belgarath the Sorcerer

    The Orb is not of itself evil. Evil is a thing that lies only in the hearts and minds of men--and of Gods, also.--Aldur
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  7. David Eddings _ Enchanters' End Game

    Would you look at this?" Silk waved a piece of parchment at the old man. "What's the problem?" Belgarath took the parchment and read it. "That whole business was settled years ago," Silk declared in an irritated voice. "Why are these things still being circulated?""The description IS colorful," Belgarath noted."Did you see that?" Silk sounded mortally offended. He turned to Garion. "Do I look like a weasel to you?""--an ill-favored, weasel-faced man," Belgarath read, "shifty-eyed and with a long, pointed nose. A notorious cheat at dice.""Do you mind?
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  8. David Eddings _ Enchanters' End Game

    You'll fight with each other, of course, but never go to sleep angry. That was always my mistake.
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  9. David Eddings _ Castle of Wizardry

    The priest DID have it coming, though," Lelldorin declared hotly."What priest?""The priest of Chaldan at that little chapel who wouldn't marry us because Arianna couldn't give him a document proving she had her family's consent. He was very insulting.""Did you break anything?""A few of his teeth is about all-- and I stopped hitting him as soon as he agreed to perform the ceremony.
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  10. David Eddings _ Polgara the Sorceress

    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? That might be one of the drawbacks of education. If you don't know that you can't pick yourself up by the scruff of the neck and hold yourself at arm's length, maybe you can.
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  11. David Eddings _ Polgara the Sorceress

    Priests are pretty much the same the world over. They seem to feel that their exclusive contact with God gives them a certain job security.
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  12. David Eddings _ Crystal Gorge

    Don't throw good ideas away until you've considered all of your options.
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