Brisingr Quotes

“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.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

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

“The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“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, Brisingr

“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”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“If he fancied her anymore,' Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, 'I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself.'

'Saphira!' Mortified, Eragon swatted her on the leg.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“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”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“You named your sword Fire? Fire? What kind of a boring name is that? You might as well name your sword 'Blazing Blade' and be done with it. Fire indeed. Humph. Wouldn't you rather have a sword called Sheepbiter or Chrysanthemum Cleaver or something else with imagination?”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“I already have one Sheepbiter here,” said Eragon, and laid a hand on Saphira. “Why would I need another?”
Angela broke out into a wide smile. “So you’re not entirely devoid of wit after all! There just might be hope for you.” And she danced off toward the keep, twirling her doublebladed staff by her side and muttering, “Fire? Bah!”
A soft growl emanated from Saphira, and she said, Be careful whom you call Sheepbiter, Eragon, or you might get bitten yourself.
Yes, Saphira.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“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, Brisingr

“They enveloped each other within the folds of their thoughts, holding each other with an intimacy no physical embrace could replicate, allowing their identities to merge once again. Their greatest comfort was a simple one: they were no longer alone. To know that you were with the one who cared for you, and who understood every fiber of your being, and who would not abandon you even in the most desperate of circumstances, that was the most precious relationship a person could have, and they both cherished it. ”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“I know what we do is right but right doesn't always mean easy.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“For her, choices were simple; either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or there was not, and everything else said on the subject was so much meaningless noise.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Some troubles no one else should have to endure,especially not those you love.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Pain is pain. It needs no description.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Now I remember why I hate eating sheep. Horrible, fluffy things that give me hair balls and indigestion. ( Saphira from the Eragon Series)”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“What will happen will happen and I won't waste my time worrying.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“Die puny human!”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

“There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr