Christopher Paolini

The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.

People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn’t.

Orik: See you now? Humans and elves are the giants. The land's full of them, here, there, and everywhere, stomping about with their big feet and casting us in endless shadowses.

Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.

I didn't think I would ever meet a noble who wasn't corrupt. Now that I have, I find I prefer them when they're greedy bastards.

"Anyway, I'm not going to stay behind while some stripling gets to run around with a dragon."

"Once upon a time that was true... but no more. When I was young... younger than you are now, I was chosen... chosen by the Riders to join their ranks. While they trained me, I became friends with another apprentice... Morzan, before he was a Forsworn. But then he betrayed us to Galbatorix... and in the fighting at Doru Areaba - Vroengard's city - my young dragon was killed. Her name... was Saphira."

Eragon: Why are you here?

"The sands of time cannot be stopped. Years pass whether we will them or not… but we can remember. What has been lost may yet live on in memories"

Solembum: Listen closely and I will tell you two things. When the time comes and you need a weapon, look under the roots of the Menoa tree. Then, when all seems lost and your power is insufficient, go to the rock of Kuthian and speak your name to open the Vault of Souls.

Nasuada: I met Murtagh earlier....he's anxious to speak with you. He seemed lonely; you should visit him.

Many people have died for their beliefs...The real courage is living and suffering for what you believe.