Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write.

My heart died a while back. [Eragon]

It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.

One part brave, three parts fool!

You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.

Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.

A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.