My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me.

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.

Growing up is childish.

Figure out how to balance Oliver with a career you’ve wanted your whole life, ” he tells me. “Because you’ll end up with neither if you think you have to choose.

Truth is the spirit of all that is good and worthy through loving.

I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.

Let me show you,” he said in my ear. “Like this. Feel that? Relax. Now pivot your hips—it’s all in the hips.

Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead.

To each of man's ages the Lord gives its own anxieties.

You are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician.

When everyone is catching great waves and out in the line up telling stories and having a laugh, you have the best times. I also get really psyched surfing or running in the rain.

We can admire what we see, but we can only love what we truly know.