“Then perhaps you dont need it. I think the scar gives you character, even if it does mar those pretty tattoos. Would make for great tavern stories if you didnt cover it. Neferre laughed flatly and...”

“Return me safely to my home, the princess said, and I shall reward you with your weight in eggs. Olorun snorted derisively. Youre joking, right? The womans eyes flitted in embarrassment. Now wait ...”

“Verne frowned. Calm down. Dont exert yourself in your condition. Salen looked at Verne in amazement. Dont exert --! My dear woman, we are all about to die! I dont think it damn well matters if I sh...”

“Helianthus snorted. Olorun is like his mother: he will only change as the face of a rock changes. But . . . I think he missed you.”

“My child will bear those scars forever, Tilv said angrily. And if he isnt a fool, perhaps your child will learn from them, Neferre returned calmly.”

“Neferre swallowed hard. The elder used to tell stories of dark places in dark times, she said, picking the needle through with black nails, when the winters were endless and the sun fell cold acros...”

“Dragons are a manifestation of things we fear. More often than not, those fears prove to be just as daunting and just as imaginary.”

“Breathing in the scent of his hair, I realized I'd needed him my whole life, before we even met. First, his music and the way he taught me through books and recordings. Then, he saved my life and r...”

“Saphira waved her tail, the tip whistling loudly. "I'm not asking you to. However, if we attack first, we may gain the advantage." "Have you gone crazy? They'll..." Eragon's voice trailed off as he...”

“I hate going through this when we just found...," his voice trailed off."Found what?""Each other," he finished, half-smiling.”

“The Elven people believe that preservation of the land and all that lives and grows upon it, plant and animal alike, is a moral responsibility. They have always held this belief foremost in their c...”

“Whatever hypnotizing charms I may have over boys, did not in fact work on three hundred pound girl elves. Not that I would ever try it again.”

“Sibyl, what do you want?I want to live, the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world a...”

“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds it in the suspension of disbelief and activity of the imagination that ...”

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”