No, he said, we are not alone. I have you, and you have me. And there is Arya and Nasuada and Orik, and many others besides who will help us along our way.

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

I'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.

You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might think. -Angela the Herbalist

Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.

As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.

I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us. - Oromis

If you wish to be happy, Eragon, Think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and that which you are able to change

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

Come, kiss me sweet, and then let us return to bed, for I am tired, and I would sleep.

Everyone dies alone, Eragon. Whether you are a king on a battlefield or a lowly peasant lying in bed among your family, no one can accompany you into the void.

God is never far from His people, even when they are far from Him.

Goodness works in mysterious ways. Even in the deepest dark, you’ll find a light to shine your way through.

You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement... contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want.

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

We went back to the weird Institute building. At night there was a lot more activity. Erasers coming in non-stop. Nice cars, nice clothes, nice smug faces (that I wanted to smash!). -Fang's Blog

I grew up in Brooklyn.

We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn't appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known.

My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King.

The point is, you have an ethnic heritage and you have a human heritage. Your human heritage includes everything of human value.