Book of Quotes

Inheritance

The Inheritance Cycle: Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

- “Why does everything have to be so hard? I wondered. 

Because, said Saphira, everyone wants to eat, but no one wants to be eaten."

- “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.” 

- “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.”

- “As he was about to leave, she said, "Murtagh."

He paused and turned to regard her.

She hesitated for a moment, then mustered her courage and said, "Why?" She though he understood her meaning: Why her? Why save her, and now why try to rescue her? She had guessed at the answer, but she wanted to hear him say it.

He stared at her for the longest while, and then, in a low, hard voice, he said, "You know why.” 

- “Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the one who's buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken?"

- “I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'...

'And I won't give up.”

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

- “She lowered her head until it was at his level. He stroked the line of her jaw, and then pressed his forehead against her hard snout and held her as tightly as he could, her scales sharp against his fingers. Hot tears began to slide down his cheeks.

'Why do you cry?' she asked.

'Because... I'm lucky enough to be bonded with you.'

'Little one.” 

- “You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.”

- “HERE LIES BROM

Who was

A Rider bonded to the dragon Saphira

Son of Holcomb and Nelda

Beloved of Selena

Father of Eragon Shadeslayer

Founder of the Varden

And Bane of the Forsworn.

May his name live on in glory.

Stydja unin mo'ranr” 

“HERE LIES BROM

Who was

A Rider bonded to the dragon Saphira

Son of Holcomb and Nelda

Beloved of Selena

Father of Eragon Shadeslayer

Founder of the Varden

And Bane of the Forsworn.

May his name live on in glory.

Stydja unin mo'ranr” 

- “It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle.