Christopher Paolini Quotes - Page 8

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• It goes as it does,Argetlam.You cannot hurry perfection.

  Christopher Paolini

  Perfection, Doe

  Christopher Paolini (2008). “Brisingr: Book Three”, Random House

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• Are you willing to die for what you believe in? The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

  Christopher Paolini

  Real, Believe, Suffering

  Christopher Paolini (2005). “Eragon”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• If he fancied her anymore," Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, "I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself." "Saphira!" Mortified, Eragon swatted her on the leg.

  Christopher Paolini

  Kissing, Trying, Legs

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• You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.

  Christopher Paolini

  Cost, Matter, Cherish

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.418, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write.

  Christopher Paolini

  Writing, Thinking, Self

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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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• 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 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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• 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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• Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?

  Christopher Paolini

  Strange

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1757, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Nothing out of the ordinary ever occurs to me when I'm by myself. But you attract duels, ambushes, immortal enemies, obscure creatures such as the Ra'zac, long-lost family members, and mysterious acts of magic as if they were were starving weasels and you were a rabbit that wandered into their den.

  Christopher Paolini

  Long, Magic, Enemy

  "Brisingr: Book Three". Book by Christopher Paolini, September 20, 2008.

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• Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

  Christopher Paolini

  Moderation, Wiser, Policy

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1508, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You've seen things through my eyes.

  Christopher Paolini

  Eye, Through My Eyes

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• Of course you like him; everyone enjoys flattery.

  Christopher Paolini

  Flattery, Enjoy, Courses

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• 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.

  Christopher Paolini

  Cat, Dragons, Arrogance

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.2358, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• He tapped one of the ivory spikes between his legs and said, 'There be as good a way to lose your manhood as ever I've seen'.

  Christopher Paolini

  Ivory, Legs, Way

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1259, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• My heart died a while back. [Eragon]

  Christopher Paolini

  Heart, My Heart, Eragon

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• Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.

  Christopher Paolini

  Attitude, Laughing, Enemy

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1769, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I believe, Eragon, that you are full of love and that you are looking for one who will reciprocate your affection. No shame exists in that.

  Christopher Paolini

  Believe, Affection, Shame

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.850, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You named your sword Fire? Fire? What kind of a boring name is that? You might as well name your sword 'Blazing Blade' and be done with it. Fire indeed. Humph. Wouldn't you rather have a sword called Sheepbiter or Chrysanthemum Cleaver or something else with imagination?

  Christopher Paolini

  Fire, Names, Imagination

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.2259, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Sometimes there are no answers.

  Christopher Paolini

  Answers, Sometimes

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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.

  Christopher Paolini

  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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• 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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• 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.

  Christopher Paolini

  Energy, Stories, Emotion

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• You shouldn't let him hit you so much" observed saphira "Yes I realize that'" he growled. "Do you want me to knock him over for you?" "No...not today.

  Christopher Paolini

  Want, Today, Realizing

  Christopher Paolini (2012). “Inheritance Deluxe Edition (The Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)”, p.93, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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