Life is both pain and pleasure. If this is the price you must pay for the hours you enjoy, is it too much?

Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.

But ask yourself this Eragon: If gods exist, have they been good custodians of alagaesia? Death, sickness, poverty, tyranny and countless other miseries stalk the land. If this is the handiwork of divine beings, then they are to be rebelled against and overthrown, not given obeisance, obedience, and reverance.

It s funny to see a hatchling like you beaten by the old one.

The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

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