Inheritance (Inheritance, #4)

by Christopher Paolini

But you did everything you could, and when you could do no more, you made peace with your fate, and you didn’t rail needlessly against it. That is wisdom, not weakness.”

If you don’t make a few enemies every now and then, you’re a coward—or worse.

By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.”