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

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

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.

do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

If it smells like fish its a dish. If it smells like cologne leave it alone.

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

Developing personal power includes learning not to negotiate your self-worth for the sake of someone else or sell yourself short for a job.

I don't think anything's underground anymore. And I think that's a good thing. Everything is up for grabs.

The more awesome you are, the more emotion you create, the more viral it is.

Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight.

I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.

The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize.

When you get into making movies, then the physical mundane reality of life must be presented. But in comics you can jack it up and work in shorthand.