As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition. - Christopher Paolini

"Casting back her head, Arya gazed up at the twinkling sky, her long neck gold with firelight, her face pale with the radiance of the heavenx. "Do you ask out of friendly concern or your own self-interest?" She gave an abrupt, choked laugh, the sound of water falling over cold rocks. "Never mind. The night air has addled me. It has undone my sense of courtesy and left me free to say the most spiteful things that occur to me."

"No matter."

"It does matter, because I regret it, and I shall not tolerate it. Did I love Faolin? How would you define love? For over twenty years, we traveled together, the only immortals to walk among the short-lived races. We were companions...and friends.

It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe

It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.