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A good compromise leaves everyone angry.

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Compromise
Leaves
Angry
Everyone
Good

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Better to die than to live in fear.
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To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.
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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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