Moderation Is A Wiser Policy Than Zealotry

See This Pebble?" "yes." "take It." Eragon Did And Stared At The Unremarkable Lump. It Was Dull Black, Smooth, And As Large As The End Of His Thumb. There Were Countless Stones Like It On The Trail. "this Is Your Training." Eragon Looked Back At Him, Confused. "i Don't Understand." "of Course You Don't," Said Brom Impatiently. "that's Why I'm Teaching You And Not The Other Way Around. Now Stop Talking Or We'll Never Get Anywhere.

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.

Wind Howled Throught The Night, Carrying The Scent That Would Change The World.

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.

Don't Defoul The Air. It Ill Becomes You. - Oromis