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 PaoliniAh, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.
Christopher PaoliniIn El-harรญm, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes. To me, he said, "Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies. Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark, Else upon your mind they'll place a mark; Do not listen to the shadows of the deep, Else they haunt you even when you sleep.
Christopher PaoliniRegardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question remains: should I?
Christopher Paolini