Castle of Wizardry Quotes

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

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

“The queen sighed. "What am I going to do with all of you now!"
"You're going to let us continue our journey," Belgarath replied calmly. "We'll argue about it, of course, but in the end that's the way it'll turn out."
She stared at him.
"You did ask, after all. I'm sure you feel better now that you know.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Your--ah--intervention, shall we say, has simplified things in the palace enormously. We no longer have to worry about Salmissra's whims and peculiar appetites. We rule by committee, and we hardly ever find it necessary to poison each other anymore. No one's tried to poison me for months.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“The priest DID have it coming, though," Lelldorin declared hotly.
"What priest?"
"The priest of Chaldan at that little chapel who wouldn't marry us because Arianna couldn't give him a document proving she had her family's consent. He was very insulting."
"Did you break anything?"
"A few of his teeth is about all-- and I stopped hitting him as soon as he agreed to perform the ceremony.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“What I’m trying to say, Garion,’ Durnik continued seriously, ‘is that you can’t go through life being afraid of what you are. If you do that, sooner or later somebody will come along who’ll misunderstand, and you’ll have to do something to show him that it’s not him that you’re afraid of.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Well--to put it briefly--Arianna and I had become--well--friends."
"I see."
"Nothing improper, you understand," Lelldorin said quickly. "But our friendship was such that--well--we didn't want to be separated." The young Asturian's face appealed to his friend for understanding. "Actually," he went on, "it was a little more than 'didn't want to.' Arianna told me she'd die if I left her behind."
"Possibly she was exaggerating," Garion suggested.
"How could I risk it, though?" Lelldorin protested. "Women are much more delicate than we are-- besides, Arianna's a physician. She'd know if she'd die, wouldn't she?”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“What am I going to do?" asked Ce'Nedra.

"First you ought to go wash your face," Polgara told her. "Some girls can cry without making themselves ugly, but you don't have the right coloring for it. You're an absolute fright. I'd advise you never to cry in public if you can help it.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“You're impossible," she told him.
"Of course I am," he answered. "It's part of my charm.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“I've seen hopeless wars won before. If you give in to despair before you begin, you'll have no chance at all.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Your Highness could never be silly,' Adara told her.
Ce'Nedra lifted her chin. 'Oh yes I can,' she declared. 'I've got as much right to make a fool of myself in public as anyone else.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Any fool can raise an army, but you start running into trouble around suppertime.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“No matter how professional soldiers might be, an avoided battle was always good news.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Everyone’s lonely, dear,” she explained, drawing him close to her. “We touch other people only briefly, then we’re alone again. You’ll get used to it in time.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Wise are you, indeed,” the fox said, “to know what is not possible before you have made the attempt.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“The coronation took place at noon the following day. The Hall of the Rivan King was full to overflowing with nobles and royalty, and the city below was alive with the sound of bells.
Garion could not actually remember very much of his coronation. He did remember that the ermine-bordered cape was hot and the plain gold crown the Rivan Deacon placed on his head was very heavy”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“It’s always best in the long run to be what you are. It isn’t proper to behave as if you were more, but it isn’t good to behave as if you were less, either. Do you understand what I’m trying to say?”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“There’s a whole catalogue of nasty little emotions curdling in the human spirit, and anything the least bit out of the ordinary raises the possibility of retribution.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Lammer stared at the chunk of bread in his hands, trembling violently. “I’ll follow you, my lady,” he declared in a quavering voice. “I’ve eaten my shoes and lived on boiled grass and tree roots.” His fists closed about the chunk of bread as if he were afraid someone might take it away from him. “I’ll follow you to the end of the world and back for this.” And he began to eat, tearing at the bread with his teeth.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Is it? If somebody forces you to do something and there’s no possible way to avoid it, is it really sin?”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“The table quite literally groaned under its weight of roasted game,”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Ce’Nedra had thrown enough tantrums in her own life to appreciate artistry when she saw it, but the disaster inside Polgara’s apartment was so absolute that it went beyond art into the realms of natural catastrophe.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“People prefer not to believe in that sort of thing. There’s a whole catalogue of nasty little emotions curdling in the human spirit, and anything the least bit out of the ordinary raises the possibility of retribution.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“He could lose himself in a story, and for a little while it might make things bearable.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Water?” Garion suggested. “I’m thirsty, Garion, not dirty.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“If our Gods really loved us, they’d want our lives filled with joy,” she continued relentlessly. “But you hate joy for some reason—probably because you’re afraid of it. Joy is not sin, Relg; joy is a kind of love, and I think the Gods approve of it— even if you don’t.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Do you think that praying in a loud voice and pounding your head on the ground will keep him from seeing into your heart?”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Cruelty is a sin; lack of compassion is a sin. But that other little thing? I hardly think so. I begin to wonder about you. Could it be that this UL of yours is not quite so stern and unforgiving as you seem to believe? Does he really want all these prayers and rituals and grovelings? Or are they your way to hide from your God? Do you think that praying in a loud voice and pounding your head on the ground will keep him from seeing into your heart?” Relg was making strangled noises. “If our Gods really loved us, they’d want our lives filled with joy,” she continued relentlessly. “But you hate joy for some reason—probably because you’re afraid of it. Joy is not sin, Relg; joy is a kind of love, and I think the Gods approve of it— even if you don’t.”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“Let Aloria rejoice!” Belgarath called out in a voice like thunder, “for the Rivan King has returned! All hail Belgarion, King of Riva and Overlord of the West!”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry

“vituperation,”
― David Eddings, Castle of Wizardry