"Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it , the more it gnawed away at who he was."

Mortality, Death, Truth, Observation, Power

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"Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it , the more it gnawed away at who he was."

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"To die is different from what anyone supposed, and luckier."

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"Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?.. He would not wither. He would not be ashamed of dying."

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"When we're all gone at last then there'll be nobody here but death and his days will be numbered too. He'll be out in the road there with nothing to do and nobody to do it to. He'll say: where did everybody go? And that's how it will be. What's wrong with that?"

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"Saphira waved her tail, the tip whistling loudly. "I'm not asking you to. However, if we attack first, we may gain the advantage." "Have you gone crazy? They'll..." Eragon's voice trailed off as he thought about it. "They won't be able to do a thing." "Exactly," said Saphira. "We can inflict lots of damage from a safe height." "Let's drop rocks on them!"

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"The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough."

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"He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while."

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