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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

But a person can only keep reality - and anger - at bay for so long before the truth comes back again.

If heaven really exists: then, technically, living is an activity that believers keep themselves busy with — while they wait for their death.

Barack Obama is probably one of the brightest in terms of sheer intelligence... also probably the best orator we've ever had as a president.

Every company can choose whether to lead or follow the emerging digital trends.

Cliven Bundy is breaking the law. He's breaking the law and he wants all of us to pay for his cattle while he's ranting about people who are part of social welfare programs.

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.

If one knows exactly what is going to be done, why do it?

That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.