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I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).

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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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It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe
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I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.
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The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose.
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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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A good compromise leaves everyone angry.
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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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In El-harím, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes. To me, he said, Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies. Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark, Else upon your mind they'll place a mark Do not listen to the shadows of the deep, Else they haunt you even when you sleep.
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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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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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Show respect for those in power, but do not follow them blindly.
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do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429
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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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With her jaws and talons, Saphira tore through an Urgal.
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Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.
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Better to die than to live in fear.
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Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
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On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.
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Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.
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A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.
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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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