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Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.
David Eddings
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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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The one of us who lies the best will get the better of the bargain. It's a game. A very exciting game that's played all over the world. Good players got rich, and bad players don't.
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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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You're a cynic, Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.
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Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? Until we learn how to forgive, that sort of thing is going to keep on happening. He pointed at the tall pillars of smoke rising to the north. Hate is a sterile thing, Belgarion.
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All I knew was that I would die if he sent me away. He shrugged. You can cut a man’s heart out with a shrug, did you know that?
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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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...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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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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Call it my little gesture toward social conscience, but I like to think I'm teaching a certain number of people to read. Now that sounds pretentious!
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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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Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it.
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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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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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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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Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.
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