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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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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Permission
Asks
Better
Apology

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It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.
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Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.
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But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness.
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What is the worth of anything we do? The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life
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Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.
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I warn you, Eragon, beware of whom you fall in love with, for fate seems to have a morbid interest in our family.
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A good compromise leaves everyone angry.
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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.
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I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.
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Though they live far from the coast, they retain a great fascination and passion for the ocean. The sound of crashing waves, the smell of salt air, it affects them deeply and has inspired many of their lovliest songs. There is one that tells of this love, if you want to hear it.
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With her jaws and talons, Saphira tore through an Urgal.
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Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.
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Kvetha, Shur'tugal Greetings, Dragon Rider
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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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I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'... 'And I won't give up.
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Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.
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Eragon looked back at him, confused. I don't understand. Of course you don't, said Brom impatiently. That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around.
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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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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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Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write.
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