It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

Your dreaming self seeks to tell you something your waking ears will not hear

If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised

To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it

Well, I was living it, but a shared dream half-lived is a hollow thing

All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.

Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to preserve one's homeland

The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.

Love is so many things, but it is not safe.

I find 12 P.M. as the best time to work out. During training, I do two body parts a day: chest-back, back-triceps or chest-biceps so that my body doesn't get used to a pattern.

What you radiate outward in your thoughts, feelings, mental pictures and words, you attract into your life.

I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

A farmer's got to be born, same as a fool. You can't make a corn pone out of flour dough by the twistin' of it.

The Americans are the illegitimate children of the English.

I am not in 'Us Weekly.' I'd have to be going out with someone who is in there to be in there myself.

The interdependency of humankind, the relevance of relationship, the sacredness of creation is ancient, ancient wisdom.

Having traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.