There is a proper way to greet the sentinels in Ceris, certain patterns and forms that you must observe when presented to Queen Islanzadรญ, and a hundred different manners in which to greet those around you, if itโs not better to just remain quiet.โ โWith all your customs,โ Eragon risked saying, โit seems as though youโve only made it easier to offend people.โ A smile flickered across her lips. โPerhaps.
Christopher PaoliniI need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.
Christopher Paolini