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

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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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He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!
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Some troubles no one else should have to endure,especially not those you love.
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It s funny to see a hatchling like you beaten by the old one.
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Your troubles will always bve my troubles,so long as were married.
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The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.
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Let's drop rocks on them!
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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
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Engaged in a fiery dance, their bodies were linked and seperated by the flashing blades. At times they nearly touched, taut skin only a hair's breadth away, but then momentum would whirl them apart, and they would withdraw for a second, only to join again. Their sinuous forms wove together like twisting ropes of windblown smoke.
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Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their stories of energy. And with that energy he cast a spell. It was a spell without words... His was a spell of instinct and emotion language could not contain it.
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When I saw Fäolin fall, I understood then that the true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.
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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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Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry
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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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Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.
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Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.
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Of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. That's your most powerful tool to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness.
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It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.
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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
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