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

Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion

Vanity's ridiculous, but we all fall prey to it from time to time.

I want a sword not a knitting needle -Kalen

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?

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.

Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose.