One part brave, three parts fool!

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

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.

...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making my scales itch. Saphira, from "Eragon

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

Mmm....she's doomed! You're doomed!! They're all doomed! Notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it. How very WISE of me.

The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.