David Eddings citáty

„Den, kdy se něčemu naučíš, není už promarněn.“

“God save us from religion.”

“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”

“… only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.”

“When love is involved no sacrifice is too great.”

“Consistency is the defense of a small mind”

“I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed.

I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have.”

“Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.”

“It's one of the advantages of being a woman. I get to do all sorts of unfair things, and you have to accept them because you're too polite not to.
--Polgara”

“We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then.
--Beldin”

“As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.”

“Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk."
"It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face?”

“Is it my birthday again? Already? Wherethe time go?"
"Behind us --or in front. It depends on which way you are looking.”

“Why me?”

“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”

“Will you never grow up?"
"I doubt it, and I certainly hope not.”

“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.”

“Water…. I'm thirsty not dirty.”

“Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion”

“Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate?
-Eriond”

“Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose.”

“Now do you see why war irritates me? It's always the same. A lot of people get killed, but in the end, the whole thing is settled at the conference table. The notion of having the conference first doesn't seem to occur to people.”

“It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache?”

“It's only a story, isn't it?"…
"Who's to say what's only a story and what's truth disguised as a story?”

“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.”

“When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.”

“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.”

“Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back," Beldin said sourly.”

“Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.”

“The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.”