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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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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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I took a bunch of pictures. You can see 'em on my MySpace page, along with my favorite songs and movies and things that other people have created but that I use to express my individualism.
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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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Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
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When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side
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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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For her, choices were simple either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or there was not, and everything else said on the subject was so much meaningless noise.
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My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.
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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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And the ship sailed onward, gliding serenely down the moonlit river toward the dark lands beyond.
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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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It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.
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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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To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.
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Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.
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I'm healthy as an ox. And you? To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.
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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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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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The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.
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Never ask an elf for help they might decide your better off dead, eh? (Orik) (Eldest) (Page 207)
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