Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.

From now on you're going to have to think. There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

Root of a tree, fruit of a vine, let me pass by this blood of mine.

I'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.