Top 120 David Eddings Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “God save us from religion.”

— David Eddings

2. “Don’t be afraid to discard work you know isn’t up to standard. Don’t save junk, just because it took you a long time to write it.”

— David Eddings

3. “It’s gaudy, ugly, and in terribly bad taste. It does, however, suit my personality almost perfectly.”

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4. “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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5. “The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.”

— David Eddings

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6. “When ignorance is bliss, there’s folly in wisdom.”

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7. “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.”

— David Eddings

8. “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.”

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9. “I want a sword not a knitting needle -Kalen.”

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10. “Once you’ve decided that something’s absolutely true, you’ve closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn’t go anywhere. Question everything. That’s what education’s all about.”

— David Eddings

11. “But there’s a world beyond what we can see and touch, and that world lives by its own laws. What may be impossible in this very ordinary world is very possible there, and sometimes the boundaries between the two worlds disappear, and then who can say what is possible and impossible?”

— David Eddings

12. “It’s the nature of man to ask questions. – Belgarath.”

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13. “Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.”

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14. “Now do you see why war irritates me? It’s always the same. A lot of people get killed, but in the end, the whole thing is settled at the conference table. The notion of having the conference first doesn’t seem to occur to people.”

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15. “Why me?”

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16. “No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.”

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17. “When love is involved no sacrifice is too great.”

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18. “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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19. “Consistency is the defense of a small mind.”

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20. “It’s one of the advantages of being a woman. I get to do all sorts of unfair things, and you have to accept them because you’re too polite not to. – Polgara.”

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21. “The whole world is beautiful, Belgarion’ Eriond assured him in response to that unspoken thought. ‘You just have to know how to look at it.”

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22. “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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23. “Isn’t it easier to forgive than to hate? -Eriond.”

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24. “I’m a storyteller, not a prophet. I’m just interested in a good story.”

— David Eddings

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25. “Actually it’s very simple, but simple things are always the hardest to explain.”

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26. “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.”

— David Eddings

27. “If you’d just try, I’m sure you’d be able to fly.”

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28. “Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn’t change things.”

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29. “Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective.”

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30. “Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.”

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31. “Someday I’d like to see something rise up out of the earth –just for the sake of variety.”

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32. “Trust me. – Silk.”

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33. “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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34. “As long as I know that my motives are good, however, I’m seldom very concerned with the opinions of others.”

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35. “As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.”

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36. “But in time the night, as all nights must, came to an end, and the morning dawned clear and bright.”

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37. “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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38. “Does bouncing count? – Silk, The Belgariad.”

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39. “Isn’t it odd how the little things can change a man’s entire life?”

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

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41. “Events are like horses. Sometimes they run away. After they’ve run for a while, though, they’ll start to walk again. Then there’ll be a time to put everything together.”

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42. “A man should never miss an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.”

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43. “As soon as a friendship passed a certain point – some obscure and secret boundary – a woman quite automatically became overwhelmed by a raging compulsion to complicate things.”

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44. “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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45. “Some day, Prince Kheldar, you will fall in love,” the queen said with a little smirk, “and the twelve kingdoms will stand around and chortle over the fall of so notorious a bachelor.”

— David Eddings

46. “I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we’re in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction.”

— David Eddings

47. “Then you’ve learned something today. No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.”

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48. “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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49. “Lying is an art. A good lie shouldn’t be embellished so much.”

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50. “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.”

— David Eddings