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Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
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David Carroll Eddings
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It's the nature of man to ask questions. --Belgarath
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I'm hungry, Garion, and I don't think well when I'm hungry. That might explain a lot, Beldin noted blandly. We should have fed you more often when you were younger.
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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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Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.
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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?
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If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.
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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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Misty Sendaria, Silk said ironically. Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.
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You'll drive yourself crazy if you start trying to pry the meaning out of every gust of wind or rain squall. I'm not denying that there might actually be a few signs that you won't want to miss. Knowing the difference is the tricky part.
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It's gaudy, ugly, and in terribly bad taste. It does, however, suit my personality almost perfectly.
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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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I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life.
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Women are almost always angry with men for one reason or another. It's one of things you'll have to get used to, as you get older.
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When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.
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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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Ce'Nedra returned, frowning and a little angry. They won't give me their eggs, Lady Polgara, she complained. They're sitting one them. You have to reach under them and take the eggs, dear. Won't that make them angry? Are you afraid of a chicken?
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I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.
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I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.
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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.
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Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion
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