Christopher Paolini: Citations en anglais
“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">Contexte: 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.
“Those whom we love are often the most alien to us.”
Christopher Paolini livre Eldest
Oromis
Source: Eldest (2005)
“The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.”
Christopher Paolini livre Brisingr
Variante: The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us.
Source: Brisingr
“The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.”
Christopher Paolini livre Brisingr
Source: Brisingr
“I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies”
Christopher Paolini livre Brisingr
Source: Brisingr
“The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.”
Christopher Paolini livre Eldest
Opening line
Source: Eldest (2005)
“They may fight with us, but they don't fight for us.”
Christopher Paolini livre Eldest
Source: Eldest
Christopher Paolini livre Inheritance
Murtagh, in parting words to Eragon
Source: Inheritance (2011)
Contexte: When you teach them—teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what is right.
