You must retain your freedom, for in it lies your true power: the ability to make choices independent of any leader or king.
Dari segala hal di dunia ini, yang tersulit adalah mengubah diri sendiri.
Eragon, you are only a cripple if you consider yourself one. I understand how you feel, but you must remain optimistic, for a negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.
As Roran watched, the man’s arms, neck, and chest shriveled, and his bones appeared in sharp relief-from the bowlike curve of his collarbones to the hollow saddle of his hips, where his stomach hung like an empty waterskin. His lips puckered and drew back farther than they were intended to over his yellow teeth, baring them in a grisly snarl, while his eyeballs deflated as if they were engorged ticks being squished empty of blood, and the surrounding flesh sank inward.
It’s life’s natural course. All will be fine; time will settle everything.
The only true guide is your heart. Nothing less than its supreme desire can help you.
How am I supposed to know which religion is the true religion? he wondered. Just because someone follows a certain faith does not necessarily.
When he asked Saphira about it, she said, It matters little to me, Eragon. Dragons have never believed in higher powers. Why should we when deer and other prey consider us to be a higher power? He laughed at that. Only do not ignore reality in order to comfort yourself, for once you do, you make it easy for others to deceive you.
The cycle repeated itself at inconsistent intervals, creating invisible eddies that brushed against him like fountains of roiling water.
If only everyone could see what we have seen, perhaps there would be less fighting in the world. You cannot expect wolves to become sheep. No, but neither do the wolves have to be cruel to the sheep.
Life is both pain and pleasure.
Now, can we please abandon such weighty conversation? I have become thoroughly exhausted with thoughts of fate, destiny, justice, and other, equally gloomy topics over the past few days. 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.
I will never be like ordinary people. If I must be different, then let me keep that which sets me apart.
You cannot help but be human, yet you do not have to be bound by what those around you believe.
Even gods do not endure forever.
Ugh,” said Eragon, hefting his load.
What are those?” he asked.
We are made imperfect and must guard against our flaws lest they destroy us.
I contain more than my share of years. The memories of hundreds are mine. Life piled upon life: Loves, hates, battles, victories, defeats, lessons learned, mistakes made – all lies within my mind, whispering their wisdom into my ears.
He scrambled to his feet, noticing that her own were bare.