Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?

...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making my scales itch. Saphira, from "Eragon

I warn you, Eragon, beware of whom you fall in love with, for fate seems to have a morbid interest in our family.

It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.

My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.

Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.

Characters are born from necessity.