When I saw Fäolin fall, I understood then that the true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.

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.

i'm only human, & inadequacy is what makes us human, & if we was perfect we wdnt have nothin to strive for, so you might as well go on & forgive me pretty baby, cause i'm sorry

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.

Symbiosis is a much higher reflection of intelligent life.

The greatness of Ty Cobb was something that had to be seen, and to see him was to remember him forever.

Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch.

The future depends more upon our choice of institutions which support a life of action than on our developing new ideologies and technologies.

I led the way toward the crowd, trying to look casual, like, Fly? Me? Nah.

No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.

If there is one number to which the rights of millions will be happily sacrificed, it is the national GDP growth rate.