“No—living on after the memory died was mere farce, pointless and awful.”

“We have the power of memory. We have the memory of order, and we still have voices. When memory dies, civilization dies.”

“Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.”

“Die before the one whom you love; to live after he dies is to live a worthless life in this world.”

“In Memory of Those Who Died Waiting for the Bell”

“Politics is pointless if it does nothing to enhance the beauty of our lives.”

“Butterflies are random thoughts people have. They live, they die, they are pointless. ”

“The great characters of fiction live as truly as the memories of dead men. For the life after death it is not necessary that a man or woman should have lived.”

“After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end.
- Saphira”

“Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory.”