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It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.

Christopher Paolini

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Science Fiction Writer
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Christopher James Paolini
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Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility. Brom to Eragon
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In El-harím, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes. To me, he said, Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies. Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark, Else upon your mind they'll place a mark Do not listen to the shadows of the deep, Else they haunt you even when you sleep.
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Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter
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After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end. - Saphira
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Some troubles no one else should have to endure,especially not those you love.
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Misfoutune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the breif gaps between distaters.
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It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.
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But ask yourself this Eragon: If gods exist, have they been good custodians of alagaesia? Death, sickness, poverty, tyranny and countless other miseries stalk the land. If this is the handiwork of divine beings, then they are to be rebelled against and overthrown, not given obeisance, obedience, and reverance.
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Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.
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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
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Respect the past you never know how it may affect you.
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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?
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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.
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Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.
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I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).
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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.
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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)
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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.
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It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.
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He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!
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