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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: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making my scales itch. Saphira, from Eragon
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Respect the past you never know how it may affect you.
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Show respect for those in power, but do not follow them blindly.
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A true warrior does not fight because he wishes to but because he has to. A man who yearns for war, a man who enjoys his killing, he is a brute and a monster. No matter how much glory he wins on the battlefield, that cannot erase the fact that he is no better than a rabid wolf who will turn on his friends and family as soon as his foes.
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Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.
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Don't defoul the air. It ill becomes you. - Oromis
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...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.
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If he fancied her anymore, Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself. Saphira! Mortified, Eragon swatted her on the leg.
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It's better to ask forgiveness than permission. - Brom
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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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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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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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He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.
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Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.
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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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They asked him for help rebuilding the farm, but e only shook his head with a pang of longing in his heart. I'm tracking your killers,he whispered to his uncle.-Eragon
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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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Arya.' He looked down the silvery river and then back at Arya, and he gripped the hilt of Brisingr. He was so full of emotion, he trembled. He did not want to leave, but he knew he must. 'Stay with me-' Her gaze darted up. 'I cannot.' '...stay with me until the first curve in the river.' She hesitated, then nodded.
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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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