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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

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
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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.
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The notion that any one person can describe 'what really happened' is an absurdity. If ten - or a hundred - people witness an event, there will be ten - or a hundred - different versions of what took place. What we see and how we interpret it depends entirely upon our individual past experience.
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You're a cynic, Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.
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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.
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All social workers want is to get everyone involved in a programme. Because a programme provides full employment for three generations of social workers. And they mess up.
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Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.
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Start early and work hard. A writer's apprenticeship usually involves writing a million words (which are then discarded) before he's almost ready to begin. That takes a while.
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Now what?” Urgit warily asked his bride-to-be. “Am I disturbing your Majesty?” Prala asked. “…You always disturb me, my beloved,” he answered her question, spreading his arms extravagantly.
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Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adolescents will cling to it.
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...it's as empty as a merchant's soul. Sorry, Kheldar, it's just an old expression. That's all right, Beldin, Silk forgave him grandly. These little slips of the tongue are common in the very elderly.
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Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.
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Its a perfectly good face, Sparhawk. It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face?
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The dullest man in the world is charming beyond belief when he's pouring gold coins from one hand to the other.
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I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.
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Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.
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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
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The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell you without takinga long hard look at it yourselves.
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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
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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?
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When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.
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