“When you get down to the bottom of it, only about half of what we remember really happened. We tend to modify things to make ourselves look better in our own eyes and in the eyes of others. Then, if what we did wasn't really very admirable, we tend to forget that it ever happened. A normal human being's grasp on reality is very tenuous at best. Our imaginary lives are usually much nicer.” IfsHumansLooksRealityEyeRememberHuman BeingsForgetHalfHappenedNormalBottomImaginaryAdmirableImaginary Life Book:Polgara the Sorceress Source: Polgara the Sorceress
“Garion started shaving. "Try to keep away from your nose," said Hettar wryly. "A man looks quite strange without a nose.” MenTryingLooksSaidStrangeNosesShaving Author:David Eddings
“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.” IfsMenWorldLooksBookHelpingOld ManScholarShelvesLibrarianScholarshipCompetent Author:David Eddings
“The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell you without takinga long hard look at it yourselves.” PeopleWorldLooksLongRealHardBornTeacherNiceReal World Author:David Eddings
“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” KnowsWorldLooksWholeBeautifulKnow HowResponseWhole WorldAssuredUnspokenWorld Is Beautiful Author:David Eddings
“Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective.” IfsLooksPerspectiveYou ChooseIdiocy Author:David Eddings
“This is terrible, when a writer is bored by his own work, but it was a real bomb and had reached the point where I couldn't even stand to look at it any more.” LooksRealTerribleBoredBombsUmpires Author:David Eddings
