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Eragon quotes
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Angela Great battles rage around you.
Did you know that people already tell stories about you?
Well, you know how legends go.
The search for a Rider has been a long one.
But why me? I'm just a farmboy.
Because that is who Saphira chose.
Yesterday you were a farmboy. Today you are a hero. Tomorrow may see us together again.
Then I'll be waiting for tomorrow.
Tomorrow may come sooner than you think.
You don't know what it is to reach my age, look back, and realize that you don't remember much of it: then to look forward and know that many years still lie ahead of you...
Well, then... if you do, come tell me. I am most interested in this trader who pretends to know so much about dragons.
Anyway, I'm not going to stay behind while some stripling gets to run around with a dragon.
Defend yourself!
Once upon a time that was true... but no more. When I was young... younger than you are now, I was chosen... chosen by the Riders to join their ranks. While they trained me, I became friends with another apprentice... Morzan, before he was a Forsworn. But then he betrayed us to Galbatorix... and in the fighting at Doru Areaba - Vroengard's city - my young dragon was killed. Her name... was Saphira.
May the coming years bring you great happiness.
There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.
May your swords stay sharp.
One part brave, three parts fool.
You can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's better to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.
Many people have died for their beliefs...The real courage is living and suffering for what you believe.
People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.
What wisdom can I give people that they haven't already learned? What feats can I achieve that an army couldn't do better? It's insanity!
It's overwhelming. I feel as if I am living in an illusion, a dream where all things are possible. Amazing things do happen, I know, but always to someone else, always in some far-off place and time.
A hatchling, that is what you are. A hatchling struggling into the world. I may be younger than you in years, but I am ancient in my thoughts. Do not worry about these things. Find peace in where and what you are. People often know what must be done. All you need to do is show them the way- that is wisdom. As for feats, no army could have given the blessing you did.
After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end.
"Are you Saphira?" She looked at him with intelligent eyes. Deep in his mind he felt her satisfaction.
Yes.
If anything happens, I'm going to pin you to my back and never let you off.
I love you too.
Then I will bind you all the tighter.
Nothing. It's funny to see a hatchling like you beaten by the old one.
No hunter of the sky should end his days as prey. Better to die on the wing than pinned to the ground.
Saphira, where are you? Let's have some fun!
My heart died a while back.
The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life.
The only true guide is your heart.
If I drank that much mead it would kill me!
That's why you're not a dragon.
I will fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief, and die if my time comes...but I won't let anybody use me against my will.
Should I kill him?
I was no more resposible for my conduct than if I were drunk.
Sometimes there are no answers.
I barely recognize myself.
You've come a long way, Eragon.
They still doubt me.
They will doubt you until you prove otherwise.
And then?
Then they'll follow you wherever you want them to follow... believe anything you want them to believe. That's how legends go.
I didn't ask for any of this!
You were chosen, nevertheless. A dragon will only hatch if it feels the presence of its Rider, even if it has to wait forever. Now it's found you. It will serve you and only you...
If you help me, won't the king kill you too?
The king'll kill us all if you don't survive.
We need to get closer to his heart.
This time, rip it out of his chest!
Garrow Your day will come too, Eragon, and you will decide for yourself the kind of life you wish to lead.
King Hrothgar Tell all our people that the battle we have prepared for has come to us.
You aren't the only enemies the Ra'zac have. I was tracking them.
My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.
Do you think I enjoy this? My life has been threatened from the day I was born! All of my waking hours have been spent avoiding danger in one form or another. And sleep never comes easily because I always worry if I'll live to see the dawn. If there ever was a time I felt secure, it must have been in my mother's womb, though I wasn't safe even there! You don't understand - if you lived with this fear, you would have learned the same lesson I did: Do not take chances.
Black humor, is the only one I have
You'll learn to trust me, Dragon Rider.