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“...I know that in your heart you miss all those wonderful moments you spent with my father --watching him gnaw on the furniture, listening to his insane gibbering, and enjoying all those playful blows to the stomach and kicks to the head with which he demonstrated his affection for his wives. --King Urgit”

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David Eddings was an American writer renowned for his fantasy novels. His works are characterized by rich imagination and complex character development, which have won him a large following among readers. more

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“Why do you persist in being so frivolous, Urgit?" "Why don't we just call it a symptom of my incipient madness?" "You're not going to go mad," she said firmly. "Of course I'm going to go mad, mother. I'm rather looking forward to it.”

Said Mother Courses Madness Mad Persist Symptoms Looking Forward Frivolous

Book:King Of The Murgos: (Malloreon 2)

Source: King Of The Murgos: (Malloreon 2)

“You're a cynic," Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.”

Accused Majesty Silk Realist Cynic

Author:David Eddings

“...If there's a noise in the woods, and there's nobody around to hear it, is it really a noise?" "Of course it is," she replied calmly. "How did you reach that conclusion?" Beldin demanded. "Because there's no such thing as an empty place, uncle. There are always creatures around --wild animals, mice, insects, birds --and they can all hear." "But what if there weren't? What if the woods are truly empty?" "Why waste your time talking about an impossibility?”

Ifs Courses Animal Talking Creatures Waste Bird Empty Woods Noise Conclusion What If Mice Uncles Insects Impossibility Wild Animal Empty Places

Author:David Eddings

“Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole -- two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone!”

Two Whole Together Half Efficient

Book:Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world.”

People World Important Philosophy Problem Might Belief Succeed Solutions Dare Solve Clinging

Author:Michael Crichton

“I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think that I become foolish.”

Thinking Ideas Moments Foolish Judgement Sensible Spurs Spur Of The Moment

Book:Jerome K. Jerome: 14 Books in 1

Source: Jerome K. Jerome: 14 Books in 1

“I still forget, sometimes, that I am no longer 12 years old.”

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Author:Eugene Ionesco

“At the moment I was mad enough to chew up nails and spit out paper clips.”

Enough Moments Paper Mad Nails Spit Clip Paper Clips

Book:Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files

Source: Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files

“What, with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman.”

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Book:The Taming of the Shrew: Second Series

Source: The Taming of the Shrew: Second Series

“It's those that fight hardest for freedom who are never free.”

Fighting Hardest

Author:David Clement-Davies