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Don't defoul the air. It ill becomes you. - Oromis

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Science Fiction Writer
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LA
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Christopher James Paolini
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I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.
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It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.
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I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it.
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The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.
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Atra esterni' ono thelduin Mor' rana li'fa unin hjarta onr Un du evari'nya ono varda (May good fortune rule over you peace live in your heart may the stars watch over you)
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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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Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write.
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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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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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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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You cannot miss what you have never had.
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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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And the ship sailed onward, gliding serenely down the moonlit river toward the dark lands beyond.
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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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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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My heart died a while back. [Eragon]
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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 is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.
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Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.
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