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Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.
Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.
I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff.
The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.
When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.
The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.
To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.
Life is both pain and pleasure. If this is the price you must pay for the hours you enjoy, is it too much?
To have a child is the greatest honor and responsibility that can be bestowed upon any living being. - Arya
He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.
Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.
Misfoutune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the breif gaps between distaters.
Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, well, more.
Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.
Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility. Brom to Eragon
That s the problem I ve been choosing male names. You are a she! [To Saphira, while trying to choose her name.]
From now on you're going to have to think. There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.
Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him
No hunter of the sky should end his days as prey. Better to die on the wing than pinned to the ground. [Saphira]
Are you willing to die for what you believe in? The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.
I warn you, Eragon, beware of whom you fall in love with, for fate seems to have a morbid interest in our family.
To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.
If anything happens, I'm going to pin you to my back and never let you off." I love you too." - Saphira and Eragon
If a dragon has already transferred their consciousness to their heart of hearts, then they will die a true death.
If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write.
A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.
I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'... 'And I won't give up.
There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown.
Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
It got so that when he closed his eyes, letters and words danced in his mind. He thought of little else during that time.
It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.
Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile." "A what?" asked Eragon. "One who loves books," explained Jeod.
He tapped one of the ivory spikes between his legs and said, 'There be as good a way to lose your manhood as ever I've seen'.
I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it.
I've stood outside my house in Montana looking at the northern lights... crackling against the night sky. To me, that's magic.
Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?
In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf.
Of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. That's your most powerful tool to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness.
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
Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?
A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.
They have not the heart for this battle. So think of your families, think of your homes, and remember it is they you are fighting for.
What is the worth of anything we do? The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life
I believe, Eragon, that you are full of love and that you are looking for one who will reciprocate your affection. No shame exists in that.
I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for.
I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.
Atra gulai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skolir fra rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded from misfortune.
The sands of time cannot be stopped. Years pass whether we will them or not... but we can remember. What has been lost may yet live in memories.
I don't discuss my own beliefs in public, but I will say the beliefs I've given my characters do not necessarily represent what I myself believe.