Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it, the more it gnawed away at who he was.

It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.

The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.

On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.

Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

He inclined his head ever so slightly, displaying with his bearing the supreme confidence, even arrogance, that is the sole providence of cats, dragons, and certain highborn women.

If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry!- Angela to Eragon

I'm not fighting for myself anymore.... It makes a difference.

Do not stalk your prey until you are sure it is prey

it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

Life is a sewer and we are all but swimmers within it. Smart people do the backstroke. (In other words you gotta have a giggle.)

No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity.

Because vision appears so effortless, we are like fish challenged to understand water.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

Where the citizen uses a mere sliver or board, the pioneer uses the whole trunk of a tree.

I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.

I don't want to have strong arms, like you get from Pilates or yoga. But dancing arms become your best accessory. And it's great for your core muscles.

Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.