Christopher Paolini Quotes - Page 4

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• What will be will be.No one can escape fate's design.

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  Fate, Design

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• Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.

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  Care, Life Is, Miserable

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• Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.

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  Age, Overcoming, Gains

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1020, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

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  Bibliophiles

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.237, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Wind howled throught the night, carrying the scent that would change the world.

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  Night, Wind, World

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• ...even the donkeys were quiet.

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  Quiet, Donkey

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.825, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• That s the problem I ve been choosing male names. You are a she! [To Saphira, while trying to choose her name.]

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  Names, Trying, Males

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• 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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  Expression, Interesting, Why Not

  Christopher Paolini (2012). “Inheritance Deluxe Edition (The Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• All great fighting is the same, Eragon, even as all great warriors are the same. Past a certain point, it does not matter whether you wield a sword, a claw, a tooth or a tail. It is true, you must be capable with your weapon, but anyone with the time, and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness, and it is those qualities that the best warriors share, even if, on the surface, they appear completely different.

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  Fighting, Warrior, Past

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• It got so that when he closed his eyes, letters and words danced in his mind. He thought of little else during that time.

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  Eye, Mind, Letters

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.257, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• A hatchling, that is what you are. A hatchling struggling into the world. I may be younger than you in years, but I am ancient in my thoughts. Do not worry about these things. Find peace in where and what you are. People often know what must be done. All you need to do is show them the way — that is wisdom.

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  Struggle, Years, People

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.507, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.

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  Children, Father, Mean

  Christopher Paolini (2012). “Inheritance Deluxe Edition (The Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.

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  Flaws, Eragon, Behavior

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• I'm not the person I once was. I have Thorn now, and... I'm not fighting for myself anymore....It makes a difference....I used to think you were a fool to keep risking your life as you have...I know better now. I understand...why. I understand...' His [Murtagh] eyes widened and his grimace relaxed, as if his pain was forgotten, and an inner light seemed to illuminate his features. 'I understand-we understand.

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  Pain, Eye, Fighting

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• Don't defoul the air. It ill becomes you. - Oromis

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  Air, Ill, Oromis

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• It is better to be taught to think critically than to be told on what to believe.

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  Believe, Thinking, Taught

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• You must learn to see, what you are looking at

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  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.2436, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile." "A what?" asked Eragon. "One who loves books," explained Jeod.

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  Book, Eragon, Bibliophiles

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.237, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• What will happen will happen and I won't waste my time worrying.

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  Worry, Waste, Wasting My Time

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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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  Crazy, Rocks, Voice

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• 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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  Giving Up, Who I Am, I Won't Give Up

  Christopher Paolini (2012). “Inheritance Deluxe Edition (The Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• See this pebble?" "Yes." "Take it." Eragon did and stared at the unremarkable lump. It was dull black, smooth, and as large as the end of his thumb. There were countless stones like it on the trail. "This is your training." Eragon looked back at him, confused. "I don't understand." "Of course you don't," said Brom impatiently. "That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around. Now stop talking or we'll never get anywhere.

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  Confused, Teaching, Talking

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.187, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their stories of energy. And with that energy he cast a spell. It was a spell without words... His was a spell of instinct and emotion; language could not contain it.

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  Energy, Stories, Emotion

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• My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me.

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  Fear, Mind, Sanctuary

  "Eragon (Inheritance Cycle, Book 1)". Book by Christopher Paolini, 2002.

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• ...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.

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  Kings, Worry, Grew

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.3003, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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