Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?

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.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it.

Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.

...I rejoiced in the flaws that made her more real to me

Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect.

When you are attracted to people, it's because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.

There is a time to separate from our mother. But unless we are ready to separate-unless we are ready to leave her and be left-anything is better than separation.

I love eating at Sonic with my family in Oklahoma. And no, I'm not kidding.

If you're not doing it for Allah, then don't expect any help from Allah.

Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion.