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1 " 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. "
― David Eddings , King of the Murgos (The Malloreon, #2)
2 " I wouldn't do that," Silk advised. " Thinking about it isn't going to help, and it's only going to make you nervous." " Nervouser," Garion corrected. " I'm already nervous." " Is there such a word as " 'nervouser'?" Silk asked Belgarath curiously. " There is now," Belgarath replied. " Garion just invented it." " I wish I could invent a word," Silk said admiringly to Garion. "
3 " We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again." I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly. Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. " Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure. "
4 " Anyway, Arianna and I left the castle very late one evening. I knew the knight on guard at the drawbridge so I hit hit him over the head because I didn't want to hurt him.Garion blinked." I knew he'd be honor-bound to try to stop us," Lelldorin explained. " I didn't want to have to kill him, so I hit him over the head." " I suppose that makes sense," Garion said dubiously." Arianna's almost positive he won't die." " DIE?" " I hit him just a little too hard, I think. "
5 " Well--to put it briefly--Arianna and I had become--well--friends." " I see." " Nothing improper, you understand," Lelldorin said quickly. " But our friendship was such that--well--we didn't want to be separated." The young Asturian's face appealed to his friend for understanding. " Actually," he went on, " it was a little more than 'didn't want to.' Arianna told me she'd die if I left her behind." " Possibly she was exaggerating," Garion suggested." How could I risk it, though?" Lelldorin protested. " Women are much more delicate than we are-- besides, Arianna's a physician. She'd know if she'd die, wouldn't she? "
