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The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.

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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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Lamentations
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The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.
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Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.
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m doing my best no,this isn't your best. We shall recognize your best when it appears
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A good compromise leaves everyone angry.
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Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry
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The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.
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Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?
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It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.
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Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it because, even in the worst circumstances, he believes that it was the best option available to him at the time.
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You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.
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It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.
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Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him
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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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Into the sky to win or die.
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The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.
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Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.
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Atra gulai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skolir fra rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded from misfortune.
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Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.
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It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe
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It's better to ask forgiveness than permission. - Brom
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