The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters. - Christopher Paolini

A weapon is a tool, and if it is beautiful, then it is beautiful because it is useful. A sword that could not fulfill its function would be ugly to my eyes no matter how fair its shape, not even if it were adorned with the finest jewels and the most intricate engraving.

"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."

When the sun touched the earth, it spread out along the horizon like a giant yolk oozing free of its skin.