Murtagh Quotes

“And yet, to be seen as he was, and accepted…was there any greater grace?”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Because a scar means you survived. It means you’re tough and hard to kill. It means you lived. A scar is something to admire.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“No one is perfect. No one makes it through life whole and unscathed. So do not blame yourself for what is out of your control. We are here, and we have each other. That is what is important.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Advice serves those giving it as much or more than those receiving it.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“…oaths bind, but you…can change…free yourself…. I…know. I did.” Alín looked at him with anguish. “How?” He did not want to say, but he had no other resort but the deepest reservoir of truth. “…for the sake…of another.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“No one is perfect. No one makes it through life whole and unscathed.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“It is fear that drives such care, and I do not fear the worms.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“It was bootless to consider what ifs and might have beens. What was, was, and it was the lot of the living to deal with it as best they could.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Ahno had to give up wolf form and return to being Horned. Then he fled, and Svarvok spoke to him, say, ‘Ho! now, Ahno! You have given up your teeth and paws and fur. What have you learned from this, my son?’ And Ahno laugh despite hurts and say, ‘It not good to run with pack that does not want me. I will find pack that does want.’ Then he change into eagle and fly away.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“I still wish we could fly back through the years and help Vrael.” Then everyone everywhere would do the same with their own regrets, and the world would be unmade.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“As he climbed onto the mare, Thorn's disapproval washed over him.
- It does not seem right to see you ride one of those hornless deer animals.
- Horses. They're called horses, and you know that.
- But it sounds more insulting to call them hornless deer.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“No one is perfect. No one makes it through life whole and unscathed. So do not blame yourself for what is out of your control.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“. And yet, to be seen as he was, and accepted…was there any greater grace?”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Well, far as I see it, there’s no putting a price on pain, if’n you follow. Everyone’s entitled to their own. Would be a strange thing t’ say that some pain is easier ’an others without knowin’ what it’s like in another’s shoes, if’n that makes sense.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“My hurts are different from yours, but I am as faulted as you, if not more.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Fragile is the flower that grows in darkness. Precious is the flower that blossoms at night. Their gardeners absent, blind, or uncaring. But bent and broken petals still have beauty All their own. Have care where you tread, lest you Trample the treasures scattered before your feet.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Those were no dreams of mine.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“If chance dictated the events of his life, he was the master of his responses, and no king or god could infringe upon that right.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“None of them had any shield against the vagaries of fate.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Rider. This witch is like a spider lurking at the center of a great web, and she has venom in her bite.” “Then it’s good I’m not scared of spiders.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Whatever he accomplished—good or evil—he might rightfully claim without apportioned dues. If chance dictated the events of his life, he was the master of his responses, and no king or god could infringe upon that right.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“But sometimes, if you work very hard, you can mend a break so that it’s stronger than before.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“It’s only that…well, I’ve never seen man or dwarf who could hold their own with you when it comes to drink. Perhaps an Urgal might, or an elf, but I’ve never had chance to match cups with either of their races.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“I will stay.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“Y’ take all that time t’ feed and clothe a child. Take care of ’em. Keep ’em from killing themselves on every such thing. But y’ can’t protect ’em from themselves.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“you didn’t take care of the little tasks, how could you be trusted to take care of the important responsibilities in life?”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“As a result, he spent a great deal of time thinking about the intricacies of the ancient language, and how the ancient language wasn’t magic itself, but rather a means of guiding and constraining one’s intent.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“himself and found he had lost his taste for further questions. She lies, said Thorn. If she does, she believes the lie.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“She lies, said Thorn. If she does, she believes the lie.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh

“any longer than necessary. Maybe not, but I want to hear what Bachel has to say for herself today. She owes us an explanation. Several explanations.”
― Christopher Paolini, Murtagh