“I warn you, Eragon, beware of whom you fall in love with, for fate seems to have a morbid interest in our family.”

“I seem fated to pass through the world without colliding with it or moving it — and I'm sure I can't tell you whether the fate's good or evil. I don't die — I don't fall in love. And if other people die or fall in love they always do it when I'm just not there.”

“It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.”

“I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.”

“It's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved.”

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.”