Water....I'm thirsty not dirty.

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.

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?

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.

I'm never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature.

Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it.

I want a sword not a knitting needle -Kalen