The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.

...even the donkeys were quiet.

I believe, Eragon, that you are full of love and that you are looking for one who will reciprocate your affection. No shame exists in that.

My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.

From the corner of his eye, Eragon saw Orik hewing Urgal necks with mighty blows of his ax.

It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle. For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.

What will be will be.No one can escape fate's design.