A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.
Christopher PaoliniBetter to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?
Christopher PaoliniEragon looked back at him, confused. "I don't understand." "Of course you don't," said Brom impatiently. "That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around.
Christopher PaoliniEragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarรญ... and without meaning to, he drew from their stories of energy. And with that energy he cast a spell. It was a spell without words... His was a spell of instinct and emotion; language could not contain it.
Christopher Paolini