Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh?" (Orik) (Eldest) (Page 207)

It's overwhelming. I feel as if I am living in an illusion a dream where all things are possible. Amazing things do happen I know but always to someone else always in some far off place and time.

From the corner of his eye, Eragon saw Orik hewing Urgal necks with mighty blows of his ax.

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.

Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter

My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me.

Find peace in where and what you are.