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People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.

Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.

Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.

Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

He began to write his thoughts and observations concerning the day's events [...] It helped him better understand everything he had seen and done over the course of the day.

Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.

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

You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might think.
-Angela the Herbalist

It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

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

Without fear there cannot be courage.

Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.

As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.

Wise? No, I simply learned to think.

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.

Let go of your worries and focus only on the task at hand.The future will be what it will,and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.

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 that which you are able to change" ~Oromis to eragon ,Brisingr~618

Death is part of who we are. It guides
us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end

How terrible," said Eragon, "to die alone, separate even from the one who is closest to you."

Everyone dies alone, Eragon. Whether you are a king on a battlefield or a lowly peasant lying in bed among your family, no one can accompany you into the void.

Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it , the more it gnawed away at who he was.

I'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.

Barzûl!

Yes it is" Eragon said before his courage left him "just like you

The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand if one studied it closely enough.

Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.

I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.

They shared a laugh, and then the silence that so often intruded on their discussion asserted itself once again, a gap born of equal parts weariness, familiarity and-conversely-the many differences that fate had created between those who had once gone about lives that were but variations on a single melody.

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?

I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

There is much you can learn from books and scrolls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.

My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me.

Book should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?

Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.

The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.

Unlike the majority of people, he did not hate or fear the wilderness; as harsh as the empty lands were, they possessed a grace and a beauty that no artifice could compete with and that he found restorative.

Have I ever told you how glad I am we're not enemies? Eragon asked.
No, but it's very sweet of you.

Into the sky to win or die.

Shall we dance,friend of my heart?"

We shall, little one.

Let'sss just kill him," said the shorter Ra'zac. "He has caused us much grief."
The taller one ran his finger down his sword. "A good plan. But remember, the king's instructions were to keep them alive."

-from Eragon, Chapter Title: The Ra'zac's Revenge.

Leave the dead to the Earth. They are not for us.

reading is awsome

I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not what we want but what needs to be done.

Buku seharusnya berada di tangan yang paling bisa menghargainya, dan tidak hanya diletakkan tanpa dibaca, mengumpulkan debu dalam lemari yang terlupakan.

To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed. (Brom, Eragon)

Il canto dei morti è il pianto dei vivi.

If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm

The true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.

At that instant, Eragon's back ruptured in an explosion of agony so intense he experienced it with all five senses: as a deafening waterfall of sound; a metallic taste that coated his tongue; an acrid eye-watering stench in his nostrils, redolent of vinegar; pulsing colors, and above all the feeling that Durza had just laid open his back.

Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it because, even in the worst circumstances, he believes that it was the best option available to him at the time.

It’s impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishiments.

(...)best of luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!

The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose.

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

In El-harím, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes.
To me, he said, "Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies.
Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark,
Else upon your mind they'll place a mark;
Do not listen to the shadows of the deep,
Else they haunt you even when you sleep.

Eragon looked back at him, confused. "I don't understand."
"Of course you don't," said Brom impatiently. "That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around.

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