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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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Washington
David Carroll Eddings
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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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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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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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Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous. Who made up that rule? It's a known fact.
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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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Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.
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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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Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you through, hand out the diplomas and you fill in your name later on.
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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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Belgarath turned back to Senji. “All right,” he said. “The Sardion came to Zamad. How?” “It’s said to have fallen out of the sky.” “They always do,” Beldin said. “Someday I’d like to see something rise up out of the earth –just for the sake of variety.
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Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.
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I didn't particularly feel like being arrested, so I argued with the soldiers a bit. Several of them died during the argument - those things happen once in a while. Unfortunately, one of the casualties was Taur Urgas' oldest son. The king of the Murgos took it personally. He's very narrow-minded sometimes. - Silk
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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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Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? -Eriond
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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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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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I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.
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The old man was peering intently at the shelves. 'I'll have to admit that he's a very competent scholar.' Isn't he just a librarian?' Garion asked, 'somebody who looks after books?' That's where all the rest of scholarship starts, Garion. All the books in the world won't help you if they're just piled up in a heap.
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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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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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