...even the donkeys were quiet.

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 quote others only in order the better to express myself.

One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

The best way not to encounter Americas health care system is not to have to encounter it.

Aligning my music with something that feels morally and politically passionate to me feels good.

When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.

It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.

If I were Sarah Palin, would I want to sit in an interview with someone who was secretly out to get me? Probably not.

Hold cash when opportunities are not presenting themselves.

Yes I do like children ... Girl children...about eighteen or twenty.