The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.

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.

We don’t have time, we just have a moment in time.

A moment of brilliance is not good enough to pay for your mistakes, it's taking responsibility

Let a man turn to his own childhood-no further-if he will renew his sense of remoteness and of the mystery of change.

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for.

I'd been working on the [Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries material] for years, first, in the Independent newspaper columns and then in the various versions of the movie scripts.

Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.

Love is supposed to bring you peace and happiness. If you are not feeling this in a relationship, you are living an illusion.

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. Today, it would be impossible.