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“It’s impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to.”
Christopher Paolini book Inheritance
Inheritance (2011)
Context: 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 Eldest
Eragon and Oromis discussing the elves' religion.
Eldest (2005)
Context: "It seems a cold world without something … more."
"On the contrary," said Oromis, "it is a better world. A place where we are responsible for our own actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and because it is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment. I won't tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you. You asked after our religion, and I have answered you true. Make of it what you will."
“My father's work will not go unfinished, even if it takes me to the grave.”
Christopher Paolini book Eldest
Nasuada
Eldest (2005)
Context: My father's work will not go unfinished, even if it takes me to the grave. That is what I want you, as a rider, to understand. All of Ajihad's plans, all his strategies and goals, they are mine now. I will not fail him by being weak. The empire will be brought down, Galbatorix will with dethroned, and the rightful government will be raised.
Christopher Paolini book Eragon
Variant: Are you willing to die for what you believe in? The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
Source: Eragon