It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

What will happen will happen and I won't waste my time worrying.

Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?

Of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. That's your most powerful tool to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness.

Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.

You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might think. -Angela the Herbalist

Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.