Quotes from Christopher Paolini

Atra esterni' ono thelduin Mor' rana li'fa unin hjarta onr Un du evari'nya ono varda (May good fortune rule over you peace live in your heart may the stars watch over you)

If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry! - Angela to Eragon

It s funny to see a hatchling like you beaten by the old one.

I'm healthy as an ox. And you? To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.

We are about to change history, said Saphira. We're throwing ourselves off a cliff without knowing how deep the water below is. Ah, but what a glorious flight! (Eragon to Saphira)

A good compromise leaves everyone angry.

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

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. The most importnant truth in my life,if you ask me,and he got it all right

I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).

Are you willing to die for what you believe in? The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

She lowered her head until it was at his level. He stroked the line of her jaw, and then pressed his forehead against her hard snout and held her as tightly as he could, her scales sharp against his fingers. Hot tears began to slide down his cheeks. 'Why do you cry?' she asked. 'Because... I'm lucky enough to be bonded with you.' 'Little one.

Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility.

Talking with her is always...' Different? suggested Saphira. 'Exactly.

Too late. It's hatched.

You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls, said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. It sounds intriguing, admitted Eragon. Always the scholar, aren't you? asked Brom. Jeod shrugged. Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.

It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle. For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.

Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language.

HERE LIES BROM Who was A Rider bonded to the dragon Saphira Son of Holcomb and Nelda Beloved of Selena Father of Eragon Shadeslayer Founder of the Varden And Bane of the Forsworn. May his name live on in glory. Stydja unin mo'ranr

Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter

The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

A negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.

She gave him a wan smile. And then you came, Eragon. You and Saphira. After hope had deserted me and I was about to be taken to Galbatorix in Uru'baen, a Rider appeared to rescue me. A rider and a dragon! And Morzan's son, he said. Both of Morzan's sons. Describe it how you will, it was such an improbable rescue, I occasionally think that I did go mad and that I've imagined everything since.

The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors.