I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for.

For her, choices were simple; either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or there was not, and everything else said on the subject was so much meaningless noise.

I'm not the person I once was. I have Thorn now, and... I'm not fighting for myself anymore....It makes a difference....I used to think you were a fool to keep risking your life as you have...I know better now. I understand...why. I understand...' His [Murtagh] eyes widened and his grimace relaxed, as if his pain was forgotten, and an inner light seemed to illuminate his features. 'I understand-we understand.

With her jaws and talons, Saphira tore through an Urgal.

There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown.

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

He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!