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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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Christopher Paolini
Age: 40
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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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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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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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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