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Christopher James Paolini is an American author. He is the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He currently lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book.

✵ 17. November 1983
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Christopher Paolini Quotes

“My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.”

Christopher Paolini

“Pain is pain. It needs no description.”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“Really! Between you and Eragon, I seem to spend most of my time among the Varden healing people to silly to realize they need to avoid getting chopped into tiny little pieces”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Source: Eldest

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

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Source: Inheritance

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

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Source: Inheritance

“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

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

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“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

“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

“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

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

Christopher Paolini

“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)

“Even the donkeys were quiet.”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Source: Eldest

“To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“The poison dart hidden in the raisin tart….”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Source: Eldest

“Having no other recourse, Roran resorted to the unexpected: he stuck his head and neck out and shouted, "BAH!" just as he would if he were trying to scare someone in a dark hallway…”

Christopher Paolini

“You must learn to see what you are looking at.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Glaedr
Variant: Learn to see what you are looking at.
Source: Inheritance (2011)

“But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness…”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Source: Inheritance

“They have not the heart for this battle. So think of your families, think of your homes, and remember it is they you are fighting for.”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr

“I cannot forgive, but I understand.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Nasuada, on the actions of Murtagh
Inheritance (2011)

“You of all people should know that everything in this world must be paid for, whether in gold, time, or blood.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Galbatorix
Inheritance (2011)

“So tell me, is it true that men have ten toes, as is said?”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Shrrgnien
Eldest (2005)

“I am not who I was, but I know who I am.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Eragon, on discovering his true name
Inheritance (2011)

“Then I guess we have no choice but to go forward. When have we ever had any choice but to go forward?”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Eragon, on entering the Vault of Souls
Inheritance (2011)

“Well, I suppose I won't see you for a while. So farewell, good luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat ear wax, and look on the bright side of life!”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Angela bidding Eragon goodbye before he leaves for Ellesméra
Eldest (2005)

“No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

King Orrin
Eldest (2005)

“I am not ready. But when will we ever be ready?”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Inheritance (2011)

“War was a catalog of madness.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Inheritance (2011)

““I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.’”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Galbatorix
Inheritance (2011)

“You cheated.’ ‘No, I exploited a weakness in my opponent. There is a difference.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Eragon and Arya
Inheritance (2011)

“Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Oromis
Eldest (2005)

“Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it, the more it gnawed away at who he was.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Inheritance (2011)

“I don’t know how else to teach you what you need to learn except by showing you your mistakes over and over again until you stop making them.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Arya
Inheritance (2011)

“Characters are born from necessity.”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

Eldest (2005)

“Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.”

Christopher Paolini book Inheritance

Galbatorix
Inheritance (2011)

“The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors.”

Christopher Paolini book Brisingr

Source: Brisingr