We are about to change history, said Saphira. We’re throwing ourselves off a cliff without knowing how deep the water below is. Ah, but what a glorious flight! (Eragon to Saphira)

Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.

The best remedy for what ails me is being with you here under the sun.

Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.

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.

I am not who I was, but I know who I am.

Respect the past; you never know how it may affect you.