If you don't make a few enemies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry!- Angela to Eragon

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might. -Promise

— Christopher Paolini

I have a new name for

— Christopher Paolini

I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief and die if my time comes... But I will not let anyone use me against my will.

— Christopher Paolini

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.

— Christopher Paolini

I'm not fighting for myself anymore.... It makes a difference.

— Christopher Paolini

In al-Hakim, 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.

— Christopher Paolini

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.

— Christopher Paolini

Into the sky to win or die.

— Christopher Paolini