The dullest man in the world is charming beyond belief when he's pouring gold coins from one hand to the other.

The only reason there's such a thing as a morning in the first place is to keep night and afternoon from bumping into each other. -Kheldar

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

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.

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.

If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself.

We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then.