Christopher Paolini Quotes

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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.”

“You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might think.
-Angela the Herbalist”

“I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies”

“I think it would dismay them to know what it takes to feed you. Not to mention that you could empty their cellars of beer and wine in a single night.' Eragon said. Saphira sniffed.”

“You cannot miss what you have never had.”

“The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.”

“They may fight with us, but they don't fight for us.”

“Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are”

“Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said.
Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased.”

“Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.”

“Of course you like him; everyone enjoys flattery.”

“It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.”

“How terrible," said Eragon, "to die alone, separate even from the one who is closest to you."”

“When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side”

“He closed his eyes and sank into the warm dusk that separates consciosness and sleep, where reality bends and sways to the wind of thought, and where creativity blossoms in its freedom from boundaries and all things are possible.”

“Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.”

“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.”

“If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry!
- Angela to Eragon”

“I'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.”

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

“I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).”

“You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.”

“We are about to change history, said Saphira.
We’re throwing ourselves off a cliff without knowing how deep the water below is.
Ah, but what a glorious flight!
(Eragon to Saphira)”

“When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.”

“A good compromise leaves everyone angry.”

“Too late. It's hatched.”

“Talking with her is always…'suggested Saphira.
'Exactly.”

“HERE LIES BROM
Who was
A Rider bonded to the dragon Saphira
Son of Holcomb and Nelda
Beloved of Selena
Father of Eragon Shadeslayer
Founder of the Varden
And Bane of the Forsworn.
May his name live on in glory.
Stydja unin mo'ranr”

“Atra esterni' ono thelduin
Mor' rana li'fa unin hjarta onr
Un du evari'nya ono varda

(May good fortune rule over you
peace live in your heart
may the stars watch over you)”

“Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language.”

“Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility.”

“A negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.”

“It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle.
For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.”

“I have to admit, that's a remarkable bruise. You should be proud; it's quite a feat to get injured in the manner you did and in that… particular… place.”

“He's acting as foolish as a kitten… but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.”

“It's overwhelming. I feel as if I am living in an illusion a dream where all things are possible. Amazing things do happen I know but always to someone else always in some far off place and time.”

“What have you done?' he said, his voice hollow and strained. He stepped back and put his fists to his temples. 'What have you done!'
With an effort, Eragon said, 'Made you understand.”

“The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.”

“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'.”

“Now I remember why I hate eating sheep. Horrible, fluffy things that give me hair balls and indigestion. ( Saphira from the Eragon Series)”

“Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.”

“Then, as they stood there, struggling back and forth without avail, Eragon said in a low fierce voice, "I… see… you."
A bright spark appeared in Arya's eyes, then vanished just as quickly.”

“Some troubles no one else should have to endure, especially not those you love.”

“I know what we do is right but right doesn't always mean easy.”

“The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.”

“For her, choices were simple; either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or there was not, and everything else said on the subject was so much meaningless noise.”

“It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.”

“On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.”

“You've seen things through my eyes.”