He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!

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 writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Every Christian has the chance to become an outstanding person.

Because a spoon is made of gold does not change the soup’s taste.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

This is all yours, forever. It's all yours, forever!

Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity.

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

Try and fail,but don't fail to try.

It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing

Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?