Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)

by Christopher Paolini

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

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf,

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.”

Whatever you do, you must remain nimble in your thinking. Do not become so attached to any one belief that you cannot see past it to another possibility.

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

protect you and Saphira, and we cannot fulfill our