A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.
Christopher PaoliniI 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.
Christopher PaoliniI'm the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn't stop until it's finished.
Christopher Paolini