Christopher Paolini

"To search and seek among the outer bounds, And when we land upon a distant shore, To seek another yet farther still."

"The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living."

"No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet."

"It never struck me as interesting that I didnt go to school — we had our own little world. I always thought of kids who were going to regular school as if theyre the others, the separate ones."

"When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it."

"So tell me, is it true that men have ten toes, as is said?"

"Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience."

"Shall we dance, friend of my heart?"

"Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesnt exist and never shall. There is only now."

"Characters are born from necessity."

"Those whom we love are often the most alien to us."

"My fathers work will not go unfinished, even if it takes me to the grave. That is what I want you, as a rider, to understand. All of Ajihads plans, all his strategies and goals, they are mine now. I will not fail him by being weak. The empire will be brought down, Galbatorix will with dethroned, and the rightful government will be raised."