Anger is poison. You must purge it from your mind or else it will corrupt your better nature.

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

If anything happens, I'm going to pin you to my back and never let you off." I love you too." - Saphira and Eragon

The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors.

After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end. - Saphira

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

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

That s the problem I ve been choosing male names. You are a she! [To Saphira, while trying to choose her name.]

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is greif and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone use me against my will.

Into the sky to win or die.

Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who is for or against it.

Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.

If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.

Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.

I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

The beautiful is always severe.

I don't really think there have been transitional periods to socialism. There have been efforts, but they have usually been destroyed by a combination of external force and internal corruption.

I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all.