You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.

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.

The success of the future does not lie solely on the safety of the past, but relies broadly on the security of the present.

While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves.

Control your fate or somebody else will

In my judgment, my buildings are less likely to burn to the ground during one of your visits if you are disoriented from being treated like a sultan.

Nothing so denies a person liberty as the total absence of money.

She wept for the hurt that he owned, a hurt she could never hope to remove.

A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

It is great that soccer can unite people for one day. It is something politics has often tried, and we were able to do it today. All people became brothers.

I'm just an addict, addicted to music Maybe it's a habit...I gotta use it.

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.