Christopher Paolini

"Are you Saphira?" She looked at him with intelligent eyes. Deep in his mind he felt her satisfaction.

Yes.

Eragon: I will fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief, and die if my time comes...but I won't let anybody use me against my will.

Eragon: My heart died a while back.

It is your wyrd that shapes you. Every age needs an icon — perhaps that lot has fallen to you. Farm boys are not named for the first Rider without cause. Your namesake was the beginning, and now you are the continuation. Or the end.

I haven't done anything to deserve this treatment, though it would have been easier to atone for if I had. No... my only wrongdoing is existing in the first place."

Eragon: Saphira, where are you? Let's have some fun!

"...Nothing you say or do will convince me to open my mind."

Saphira: If anything happens, I'm going to pin you to my back and never let you off.