Should I pander to your.....incompetence so you'll feel better? I don't think so. - Christopher Paolini

Suffering was inescapable, but to care for another and to be cared for in turn — that was the closest any person might come to heaven.

The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.

She lowered her head until it was at his level. He stroked the line of her jaw, and then pressed his forehead against her hard snout and held her as tightly as he could, her scales sharp against his fingers. Hot tears began to slide down his cheeks.
'Why do you cry?' she asked.
'Because... I'm lucky enough to be bonded with you.'
'Little one.