The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm (Tales from Alagaësia, #1)

by Christopher Paolini

Beware of shadows that walk, human. There are strange forces at work in the world.

Strive for wisdom! Or at least a decrease in idiocy.

And what people think they understand, they think they can control.”

You can’t break something and mend it a moment later with pretty words. Broken things stay broken.

blaming the dead for our mistakes never accomplishes much.”

Just because something was difficult or uncomfortable didn’t mean it wasn’t worth doing.

they reached a compromise that dissatisfied them both—this being the hallmark of all good compromises.

mastery did not always imply wisdom.

There is no glory in fighting the inevitable.

Her heart was too small to contain all her feeling;

he understood the wisdom of acceptance. Even if it didn’t make him happy, it at least gave him peace,