Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)

by Christopher Paolini

Misfortune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

Eragon thought of Tenga alone, in the ruined elf outpost of Edur Ithindra, hunched over his precious hoard of tomes, searching, always searching, for his elusive “answer.”

The only antidote for the corrosive poison of violence is finding peace within yourself.

Adrift upon the sea of time, the lonely god wanders from shore to distant shore, upholding the laws of the stars above.

The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of the balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors. “What prompted you to write this?” “The thought that many things are not what they appear.”

philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.

“Because if that is so, you must spend every waking hour in mortal agony, for life is full of unanswerable questions.”

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don’t you agree?” “I do.” Eragon closed Domia abr Wyrda and

How am I supposed to know which religion is the true religion? he wondered. Just because someone follows a certain faith does not necessarily mean it is the right path.… Perhaps no one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together. Or perhaps the elves are right and there are no gods. But how can I know for sure?

The gods are fickle, and the only immortality we can count on is that which we win through our deeds. Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.”

To know that you were with one who cared for you, and who understood every fiber of your being, and who would not abandon you in even the most desperate of circumstances, that was the most precious relationship a person could have, and both Eragon and Saphira cherished it.

Always you get into trouble when I am not with you. His smile widened. And when you are? I eat the trouble before it eats you.

If you wish to be happy, Eragon, think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and of that which you are able to change.”

the purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us.”