Top 100 Quotes About Christopher Paolini
#3. Death is part of who we are. It guides
us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end
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#4. Old Friend The Witch and the Werecat Of Reading and Plots Thieves in the Castle A Costly Mistake Vision of Perfection
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#5. As they spread out their blankets, Saphira commented with satisfaction,
We are becoming more powerful, Eragon, both of us. Soon no one will be able to stand in our way.
Yes, but which way shall we choose?
Whichever one we want, she said smugly, settling down for the night.
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#6. Clear your mind of such thoughts. They cannot be answered and will make you no happier.
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#7. I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for.
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#8. HERE LIES BROM
Who was
A Rider bonded to the dragon Saphira
Son of Holcomb and Nelda
Beloved of Selena
Father of Eragon Shadeslayer
Founder of the Varden
And Bane of the Forsworn.
May his name live on in glory.
Stydja unin mo'ranr
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#9. Then forgive him. And if you can't forgive, at least forget, for he meant you no harm, however rash that act was.
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#11. It also troubled him when he contemplated how such a partnership must, by its very nature, reduce the individuality of those involved.
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#13. Some troubles no one else should have to endure,especially not those you love.
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#16. do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429
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#17. When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.
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#18. So you weren't just jealous? She licked the claw once more. Perhaps a little. Eragon
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#20. Yet comprehension does not imply belief.
Nor does it mean that those who purvey such beliefs do so for more than ... material
gain.
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#21. The deeds of the children are a testament to the upbringing they received from their parents.
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#23. Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?
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#24. 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.
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#25. For he who has the audacity to determine who should live and who should die no longer serves the law but dictates the law.
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#27. Come, kiss me sweet, and then let us return to bed, for I am tired, and I would sleep.
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#30. A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.
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#35. Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.
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#36. Though they live far from the coast, they retain a great fascination and passion for the ocean. The sound of crashing waves, the smell of salt air, it affects them deeply and has inspired many of their lovliest songs. There is one that tells of this love, if you want to hear it.
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#39. To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.
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#41. What a strange expression said the herbalist who would compare themselves to chopped liver in the first place? If you have to to choose an organ why not pick a gallbladder or a thymus gland instead? Much more interesting than a liver. Or what about chopped t-
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#42. When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.
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#43. Let go of your worries and focus
only on the task at hand. The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true .
I know,
Glaedr
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#44. Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud.
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#45. Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.
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#46. Was a broad but shallow education superior to one that was narrow but deep?
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#47. It's a difficult question and not one you can answer until you're faced with it. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. -Brom
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#48. Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?
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#49. When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side
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#51. Eragon doubted that he would ever like an Urgal, but the iron certitude of his prejudice only a few minutes before now seemed ignorant, and he could not retain it in good conscience.
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#52. But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness ...
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#53. HERE LIES BROM
Who was a Dragon Rider
And like a father
To me.
May his name live on in glory.
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#54. Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.
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#55. They have not the heart for this battle. So think of your families, think of your homes, and remember it is they you are fighting for.
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#57. Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.
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#59. If you wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's approval dictate your actions
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#60. Adrift upon the sea of time, the lonely god wanders from shore to distant shore, upholding the laws of the stars above.
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#61. She smiled as she looked at the flower. ... It was such a tender smile, and so happy, I decided right then that I wanted to make her smile like that again and again and that I wanted to look at that smile until the day I died.
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#63. It's overwhelming. I feel as if I am living in an illusion a dream where all things are possible. Amazing things do happen I know but always to someone else always in some far off place and time.
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#64. What he wanted was both simple and complex: he wanted Galbatorix to understand ...
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#66. You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might think.
-Angela the Herbalist
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#67. Eragon! I never want to hear you use that excuse again, that because someone else has done
or would do
something means that you should too. It's lazy, repugnant, and indicative of an inferior mind. Am I clear?
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#68. I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.' ...
'And I won't give up.
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#69. On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.
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#71. Several hundred feet ahead, Saphira and Thorn tussled, two giants in the night.
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#72. No hunter of the sky should end his days as prey. Better to die on the wing than pinned to the ground. [Saphira]
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#73. Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.
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#75. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
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#76. I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of a movie or a book that gets me thinking. Sometimes it's love of a movie or book.
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#77. Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might.
-Oromis
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#78. We are no longer awkward younglings. Our enemies may be fearsome, but so are we. It is time we remind them of that.
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#79. He inclined his head ever so slightly, displaying with his bearing the supreme confidence, even arrogance, that is the sole providence of cats, dragons, and certain highborn women.
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#80. Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question remains: should I?
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#81. I've stood outside my house in Montana looking at the northern lights ... crackling against the night sky. To me, that's magic.
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#82. A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.
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#85. Don't eat earwax avoid roasted cabbage and look on the bright side of life -Angela
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#86. It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe
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#87. If you could have stopped it, or if you could have escaped but you didn't, then you would have lost my respect. But you did everything you could, and when you could do no more, you made peace with your fate, and you didn't rail needlessly against it. That is wisdom, not weakness.
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#88. If anything happens, I'm going to pin you to my back and never let you off."
I love you too."
- Saphira and Eragon
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#89. Perhaps no one religion contains all the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together. Or perhaps the elves are right and there are no gods. But how can I know for sure?" - Pg 479 Brisingr
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#90. That was a heroic deed." Embarrassed, Eragon scuffed his boots against the ground. "I wouldn't have survived if not for Arya." "You are too modest, Argetlam," she admonished. "It was you who struck the final blow.
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#91. I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us.
- Oromis
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#92. Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.
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#93. Hands, and an assortment of scars even Roran respected. He liked what he saw, and he could tell they approved
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#95. Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter
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#96. A noble sentiment, said Saphira. But do you really want to give your enemies hope? Do you want to stab Galbatorix with hope?
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#97. It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school - we had our own little world. I always thought of kids who were going to regular school as if they're the others, the separate ones.
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#98. Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him
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#100. It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle.
For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.
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