A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.

To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.

Too late. It's hatched.

My heart died a while back. [Eragon]

I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.

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