Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)

by Christopher Paolini

They have not the heart for this battle. So think of your families, think of your homes, and remember it is they you are defending. A man who fights for something greater than himself may kill a hundred enemies with ease!”

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,

I’ve never been helpless, he protested. I just have powerful enemies.