No hunter of the sky should end his days as prey. Better to die on the wing than pinned to the ground. [Saphira]

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

Better to die than to live in fear.

Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him

I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

She gave him a wan smile. "And then you came, Eragon. You and Saphira. After hope had deserted me and I was about to be taken to Galbatorix in Uru'baen, a Rider appeared to rescue me. A rider and a dragon!" "And Morzan's son," he said. "Both of Morzan's sons." "Describe it how you will, it was such an improbable rescue, I occasionally think that I did go mad and that I've imagined everything since.

Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write.