"How terrible,"said Eragon, "to die alone, separate even from the one who is closest to you."Everyone dies alone, Eragon. Whether you are a king on a battlefield or a lowly peasant lying in bed among your family, no one can accompany you into the void."
"It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment."
"Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now."
"Barzûl!"
"Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us."
"Wise? No, I simply learned to think."