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Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Christopher James Paolini
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Telepathy
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Humans
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Mankind

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Sword, I name thee Brisingr! And with a sound of rushing wind the blade burst into flame, an envelope of sapphire-blue fire writhing about the razor-sharp steel.
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Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.
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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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Of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. That's your most powerful tool to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness.
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I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies
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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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It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school - we had our own little world. I always thought of kids who were going to regular school as if they're the others, the separate ones.
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Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their stories of energy. And with that energy he cast a spell. It was a spell without words... His was a spell of instinct and emotion language could not contain it.
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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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It’s like trying to herd a flock of geese,” said Orik. “They’re always trying to go off on their own, they make an obnoxious noise, and they’ll bite your hand first chance they get.
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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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It s funny to see a hatchling like you beaten by the old one.
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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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A good compromise leaves everyone angry.
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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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It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.
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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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It’s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar
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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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Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.
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