Christopher Paolini: Going
Christopher Paolini is American author. Explore interesting quotes on going.“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.
“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 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.”
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.
“Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.”
Christopher Paolini book Inheritance
Source: Inheritance
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)
Christopher Paolini book Inheritance
Eragon, on entering the Vault of Souls
Inheritance (2011)