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“The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.”
Christopher Paolini book Brisingr
Variant: The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us.
Source: Brisingr
“One part brave, three parts fool!”
Christopher Paolini book Eragon
Variant: Thats the spirit-one part brave, three parts fool.
Source: Eragon
“Those whom we love are often the most alien to us.”
Christopher Paolini book Eldest
Oromis
Source: Eldest (2005)
Christopher Paolini book Eragon
Source: Saphira to Eragon: "If anything happens, I’m going to pin you to my back and never let you off.
Eragon: I love you too.
Saphira: Then I will bind you all the tighter.
“It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school — we had our own little world.”
Christopher Paolini (1983) American author
As quoted in "Authors of the month: Christopher Paolini and Flavia Bujor" by Dina Rabinovtich in The Guardian (31 March 2004) http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/mar/31/booksforchildrenandteenagers <br class="br">Context: 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.
“Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.”
Christopher Paolini (1983) American author
Source: Eragon, Eldest & Brisingr
“Better to die than to live in fear.”
Christopher Paolini book Inheritance
Roran, on the cause of the Varden
Inheritance (2011)