It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.

The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.

On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.

Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

He inclined his head ever so slightly, displaying with his bearing the supreme confidence, even arrogance, that is the sole providence of cats, dragons, and certain highborn women.

If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry!- Angela to Eragon

Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it, the more it gnawed away at who he was.

I'm not fighting for myself anymore.... It makes a difference.

Do not stalk your prey until you are sure it is prey

We must not forget the beauty of humanity. At the core of our being, we must love humanity.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.

You try for a little happiness, and what do you get? A few memories and a fat stomach!

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

The need to document my insanity is an affliction I have not yet cured myself of.

Life is stronger than death.

Although a lot can be learned from adversity, most of the same lessons can be learned through laughter and joy.

Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained.