Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

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.

The human psyche is a self-correcting mechanism.

I would never stay in office against the will of the people. My ethics and patriotism do not allow me to do so.

Kids' lives are just as important and difficult as grown ups'.

They can call or e-mail, too, but I'd rather see the bug.

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

Fiction, I believed, was the transmutation of experiential dross into linguistic gold. Fiction meant taking up whatever the world had abandoned by the road and making something beautiful out of it.

Pretend and real are all real to a psychopath.

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

To be paid, to be employed to be an enthusiast and be excited about existence is fantastic.

I love you" I say. "I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon.