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Do Not Become So Attached To Any One Belief Than You Cannot See Past It To Another Possibility. Brom To Eragon

A Good Compromise Leaves Everyone Angry.

I Agree That It's Important To Be Of A Virtuous Nature, But I Would Also Contend That If You Had To Choose Between Giving A Man A Noble Disposition Or Teaching Him To Think Clearly, You'd Do Better To Teach Him To Think Clearly. Too Many Problems In This World Are Caused By Men With Noble Dispositions And Clouded Minds.

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.

Arya.' He Looked Down The Silvery River And Then Back At Arya, And He Gripped The Hilt Of Brisingr. He Was So Full Of Emotion, He Trembled. He Did Not Want To Leave, But He Knew He Must. 'stay With Me-' Her Gaze Darted Up. 'i Cannot.' '...stay With Me Until The First Curve In The River.' She Hesitated, Then Nodded.