I am not finding myself, more introducing my many selves to one another in hope they may find an alliance. And that may sound slightly mad, but we are all mad and anyone who disagrees is probably in denial. Either that, or they are simply the sort I should avoid spending time with, for fear they may imprison me in their one dimensional delusional definitions of normality. How frightening.

The voice says, maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do. The things you don't finish.

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

They were quiet for a while, eating, then Oromis asked, "Can you tell me, What is the most important mental tool a person can possess?"
It was a serious question, and Eragon considered it for a reasonable span before he ventured to say, "Determination."
Oromis tore the loaf in half with his long white fingers. "I can understand why you arrived at that conclusion-determination has served you well in your adventures-but no. I meant the tool most necessary to choose the best course of action in any given situation. Determination is as common among men who are dull and foolish as it is among those who are brilliant intellects. So, no, determination cannot be what we're looking for.

The sound of darkness was certainly intricately linked to the sense of being alone but unrelated to this was the sound of the palpitations of men and women experiencing the sense of utter solitude. There was no doubt about it. This was a sound audible only on evenings such as this.