Christopher Paolini Quotes - Page 6

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• I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff.

  Christopher Paolini

  Two, Teens, Stuff

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• I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.

  Christopher Paolini

  Matter, Ends

  Christopher Paolini (2012). “Inheritance Deluxe Edition with Video (The Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)”, p.485, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Leave the dead to the Earth. They are not for us. - Valdr

  Christopher Paolini

  Earth

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

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• Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.

  Christopher Paolini

  Fighting, Fate, Wish

  Christopher Paolini (2011). “Inheritance: Book Four”, p.688, Random House

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• 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.

  Christopher Paolini

  Grateful, Writing, Stories

  "Christopher Paolini: 'Inspiration strikes about once every blue moon'". Interview with Michelle Pauli, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2011.

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• Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things.

  Christopher Paolini

  Creative, Would Be, Be Creative

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• I have a new name for pain.
  What's that?
  The Obliterator. Because when you're in pain, nothing else can exist. Not thought. Not emotion. Only the drive to escape the pain. When it's strong enough, the Obliterator strips us of everything that makes us who we are, until we're reduced to creatures less than animals, creatures with a single desire and goal: escape.
  A good name, then.

  Christopher Paolini

  Strong, Pain, Animal

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1078, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe

  Christopher Paolini

  Believe, Men, Imagination

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

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• Arya.' He looked down the silvery river and then back at Arya, and he gripped the hilt of Brisingr. He was so full of emotion, he trembled. He did not want to leave, but he knew he must. 'Stay with me-' Her gaze darted up. 'I cannot.' '...stay with me until the first curve in the river.' She hesitated, then nodded.

  Christopher Paolini

  Curves, Rivers, Want

  Christopher Paolini (2011). “Inheritance: Book Four”, p.868, Random House

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• I'm the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn't stop until it's finished.

  Christopher Paolini

  Digging A Hole, Holes, Persons

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• Haven't had your fill of interesting events?" "Never. They are the spice of life." She held up her half-finished hat. "How do you like it?" "It's nice. The blue is pretty. But what do the runes say?" "Raxacori-Oh, never mind. It wouldn't mean a thing to you anyway. Safe travels to you and Saphira, Eragon. And remember to watch out for earwigs and wild hamsters. Ferocious things, wild hamsters."

  Christopher Paolini

  Nice, Mean, Blue

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• To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.

  Christopher Paolini

  Evil, Poison, Might

  Christopher Paolini (2011). “Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Omnibus”, p.747, Random House

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• Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.

  Christopher Paolini

  Revenge, Eragon, Treats

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.89, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

  Christopher Paolini

  Tails, Bites, Accidents

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.2410, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• It’s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar

  Christopher Paolini

  Honesty, Lying, Fool

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.637, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.

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  Moments, Revelations, Delusion

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.185, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown.

  Christopher Paolini

  Men, Crowns, Fame

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• I refuse to repent, and I won't plague myself over what is done and past

  Christopher Paolini

  Past, Done, Repent

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.419, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. That's your most powerful tool to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness.

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  Love, Powerful, Heart

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.89, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Characters are born from necessity.

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  Character, Born

  "Eldest". Book by Christopher Paolini, 2005.

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• 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.

  Christopher Paolini

  School, Kids, Interesting

  "Authors of the month: Christopher Paolini and Flavia Bujor" by Dina Rabinovtich, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2004.

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• besides, how can you cheat a cheater?

  Christopher Paolini

  Cheater, Cheat, Brisingr

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1615, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.

  Christopher Paolini

  Quiet, Occasional, Function

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.984, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?

  Christopher Paolini

  Situation, Features

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

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• These books are my friends, my companions.

  Christopher Paolini

  Book, Companion, My Friends

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

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