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“They asked him for help rebuilding the farm, but e only shook his head with a pang of longing in his heart.
I'm tracking your killers", he whispered to his uncle.”

Christopher Paolini book Eragon

Source: Eragon

“Life is too short to fight every idiot along your way.”

Christopher Paolini (1983) American author

“Even the donkeys were quiet.”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Source: Eldest

“It’s impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Variant: It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.
Source: Inheritance (2011)

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

Christopher Paolini (1983) American author

“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?”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“The best remedy for what ails me is being with you here under the sun.”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Source: Inheritance

“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”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Source: Inheritance

“Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“There is much you can learn from books and scrolls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”

Christopher Paolini book Eragon

Source: Eragon

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

Christopher Paolini book Eragon

Source: Eragon

“Even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Source: Inheritance

“Why?' - Nasuada
'You know why' - Murtagh”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Source: Inheritance

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

Christopher Paolini (1983) American author

“If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Source: Eldest

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

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Source: Inheritance

“There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“Let's drop rocks on them!”

Christopher Paolini book Eragon

Source: Eragon

“The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender your will to change and experience life. But options are before you; choose one and dedicate yourself to it. The deeds will give you a new hope and purpose.”

Christopher Paolini book Eragon

Source: Eragon