Christopher Paolini

It's better to ask forgiveness than permission.
- Brom

The only certainty is that, eventually, all things shall pass.

After a pause, he asked, 'What do you think of Nasuada's plans?'
'Mmm...she's doomed! You're doomed! They're all doomed!'She cackled, doubling over, then straightened abruptly. 'notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it. How very wise of me.' She lifted the basket again, setting it on one hip. 'I supposed I won't see you for a while, so farewell, best of luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!' And with a cheery wink, she strolled off, leaving Eragon blinking and nonplussed.

"Gregorovich continued: "Could I advise myself in the past, prior to my transition, I would tell myself to make the most of what I had while I had it. Too often we don't appreciatethe value of something until it has slipped our grasp.

Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?

"They asked him for help rebuilding the farm, but e only shook his head with a pang of longing in his heart.
I'm tracking your killers",he whispered to his uncle.

I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.

Live the present, remember the past, and fear not the future-Saphira in Eldest

Don't defoul the air. It ill becomes you. - Oromis

No hunter of the sky should end his days as prey. Better to die on the wing than pinned to the ground.

"It's not the wolves out there," said Eragon, hugging himself. "It's the wolves in here." He tapped the middle of his forehead

The oldest fears were the most powerful. If there were gods, he thought for sure that the first and greatest — and evilest — would be the god of darkness. Light required effort. Light was a struggle. But the dark was easy, and it had existed before all else and would be there to envelop the universe in its smothering cloak when the last dim stars guttered out at the end of time.

The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.

I agree that is it important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a man a noble disposition or teaching him to think clearly, you'd do better to teach him to think clearly. Too many problems in this world are cause by men with noble dispositions and clouded minds.

Death is part of who we are. It guides
us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end