I've Never Been Helpless, I Just Have

Eragon Started As Me But Ended Up Evolving Into His Very Own Character, .. Even As He Has Gone Through His Coming- Of- Age Story, The Process Of Writing And Publishing These Novels Has Been My Own Coming- Of- Age Story. There Are Parallels Between My Own Experience And Eragon's, But Fortunately, I Don't Have People Charging At Me With Swords.

It's Amazing That A Man Who Is Dead Can Talk To People Through These Pages. As Long As This Books Survives, His Ideas Live.

I Cannot Prove That Gods Do Not Exist. Nor Can I Prove That The World And Everything In It Was Not Created By An Entity Or Entities In The Distant Past. But I Can Tell You That In The Millennia We Elves Have Studied Nature, We Have Never Witnessed An Instance Where The Rules That Govern The World Have Been Broken. That Is, We Have Never Seen A Miracle. Many Events Have Defied Our Ability To Explain, But We Are Convinced That We Failed Because We Are Still Woefully Ignorant About The Universe And Not Because A Deity Altered The Workings Of Nature.

They Have Not The Heart For This Battle. So Think Of Your Families, Think Of Your Homes, And Remember It Is They You Are Fighting For.

He's Acting As Foolish As A Kitten... But Then, Everyone's Entitled To A Little Foolishness Once In A While.